Jean Latz Griffin

The raid by U.S. military jets on Libyan targets this week has led to further cancellations of planned travel by Americans to Western Europe and the Mediterranean, travel experts across...

Gov. James Thompson signed legislation Wednesday that, in effect, removes the possibility of mandatory consolidation of school districts in Illinois. The legislation also gives high schools four years to bring...

A hot line for students to report sexual abuse by teachers or other school employees is being set up by a former Chicago public school teacher who says she quit...

America was in mourning Wednesday over the loss of seven daring astronauts who died, in President Reagan`s words, while ''pulling us into the future.'' The crew died together Tuesday on...

Christa McAuliffe was a teacher to the end. As the space shuttle Challenger exploded in flight, sending McAuliffe and six other crew members to fiery deaths, millions of schoolchildren across...

A private elementary school in one of the poorest areas of Chicago has been given a reprieve from closing due to the generosity of individuals and firms who have offered...

Low income black children who moved from Chicago to white suburbs as part of a subsidized housing program are maintaining average grades in suburban schools, have been accepted socially and...

we were tearing apart the very community that we had to go to for support. There had to be a better way.'' That better way, both sides say, involves trust,...

A Chicago public school teacher was arrested this week on charges of indecent solicitation of a child, bringing to four the number of school employees in the Chicago area who...

A Chicago public school teacher has been arrested on charges of indecent solicitation of a child, bringing to four the number of school employees in the Chicago area who in...