Education – Page 12 –

People walk past Chicago Public Schools headquarters, July 30, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Proposed city budget includes about $285M for CPS, but district’s financial outlook remains shaky

By Kate Armanini

October 21, 2026 at 2:30 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed city budget includes $285 million for Chicago Public Schools — only...

Local middle school students toss shovelfuls of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Aylesworth Middle School in Portage on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage breaks ground on first new school in nearly 50 years

By Doug Ross

October 21, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

The elementary school named for Wallace Aylesworth is gone, but a new middle school on...

Julii Upwright beats a drum and yells in a megaphone Tuesday as he leads pickets in chants outside a District 130 board meeting in Crestwood. (John Smierciak/for the Daily Southtown)

Union, custodians protest layoffs at District 130 meeting; board declares one seat vacant

By Olivia Stevens

October 21, 2026 at 1:52 p.m.

Security prevented about 50 people from entering the District 130 board room, saying it was...

Law Enforcement Explorer Post #102 members Benjamin Jimenez and Janiereah Williams-Hale gather with their fellow Explorers at Fiesta Chicago Heights, which was happening outside Bloom High School, where many post members are students. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Chicago Heights police Explorer program helps create path to law enforcement jobs

By Janice Neumann

September 21, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Chicago Heights police pair with area schools on Chicago Heights Police Explorer program, which offers...

The tech launchpad at Kennedy-King College, an affiliate of City Colleges of Chicago located in Englewood, provides students with opportunities to prepare for careers in information technology. (City Colleges of Chicago)

Moraine Valley, other colleges ramp up training for careers in artificial intelligence era

By Elena Tittel

September 21, 2026 at 3:27 p.m.

Moraine Valley Community College educator Ryen Nagle was appointed to the national Commission on the...

Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing. (Brett Johnson / Daily Southtown)

Plea deal expected for former Thornton Fractional High School teacher charged with sexual assault

By Olivia Stevens

September 21, 2026 at 2:19 p.m.

Andre Richmond was charged with criminal sexual assault and child pornography involving two Thornton Fractional...

St. Laurence High School President Joseph Martinez, from left, sophomore Henry Flanagan and vice president of enrollment and communications Mike Madera Sept. 16, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Groundbreaking for field house is latest expansion at St. Laurence High School in Burbank

By Elena Tittel

September 21, 2026 at 5:12 a.m.

St. Laurence High School in Burbank broke ground on a 34,000-square-foot field house as part...

Business briefs: Hard Rock donation supports Oct. 3 suicide prevention walk

By Christin Lazerus

September 20, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

News and events around the area

Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, listens to speakers at a press conference Sept. 8, 2026, in Chicago. Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million in an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax delay. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Cook County awards $191 million in loans to bridge property tax payout gap

By A.D. Quig

September 20, 2026 at 10:51 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and...

Pictured is the Lincoln Elementary basement in East Chicago. School Board member Pattie Jo Gibson said she took the photo on Aug. 31, after the Aug. 11 storm. (Pattie Jo Gibson/provided)

HVAC issues, flooding keep East Chicago school closed

By Carole Carlson

September 19, 2026 at 1:53 p.m.

The timeline for students to return to storm-damaged Lincoln Elementary is mid-to-late October, School City...

Parents and community members from Evanston/Skokie School District 65 react to the December 2025 Board of Education impasse vote resulting in no school closures at the end of the 2025-26 school year. On Sept. 14, 2026, district administrators recommended cutting $20 million and closing two schools. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Evanston District 65 proposes cutting $20 million, closing two schools to end budget crisis

By Claire Murphy

September 19, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Interim Evanston-Skokie D65 Supt. Witherspoon told the Board Sept. 14 a dramatic change is needed...

Students walk through the sky bridge to an assembly in the gym at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Pilsen on Sept. 15, 2026. Students are dressed as required in business casual to reflect the lives they’re training to lead. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘The spirit is still the same’: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School hits 30 years, offers work-study education

By Kate Perez

September 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The college preparatory school is centered around work-study education, which gives students professional work experience...

Superintendent Scott Tingley, center, attends the Lincoln-Way High School District 210 board meeting Thursday in New Lenox. School board members voted unanimously to allow six students who engaged in racist taunting of Homewood-Flossmoor High School community members during a football game Sept. 4 to voluntarily withdraw from the district. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Students involved in racist taunting voluntarily withdraw from Lincoln-Way District 210

By Olivia Stevens

September 18, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

Lincoln-Way District 210 board members will allow students who engaged in racist taunting Sept. 4...