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The Indian Prairie School District 204 office is at the Crouse Education Center at 780 Shoreline Drive in Aurora. (R. Christian Smith/The Beacon-News)

Indian Prairie D204 sees lower absenteeism rates, continued high proficiency rates on 2026 Illinois Report Card

By Molly Morrow

October 30, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

School District 204 continued to post high proficiency rates in ELA, math and science, and...

Fourth-grade students practice before taking the Illinois Assessment of Readiness test at Lakewood Falls Elementary School in Plainfield on Feb. 28, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 3-5 in Chicago and the suburbs

By Kori Rumore

October 30, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

The IAR test is given to students in grades three through eight in public school...

Kimberly Hardin, center, teaches her fifth- and sixth-grade English and Language Arts class at Wendell Green Elementary School in Washington Heights on Sept. 19, 2023. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez visited the school to celebrate gains in district-wide reading and math test scores on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness test. (Talia Sprague/baiduhai)

Illinois school report cards 2026: Search results for Grades 6-8 in Chicago and the suburbs

By Kori Rumore

October 30, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

The IAR test is given to students in grades three through eight in public school...

Lake Forest College is seeing the largest incoming class in its 169-year history. (File photo)

Lake Forest College sees new academic year start with largest incoming class in its history

By Andis Robeznieks

September 7, 2026 at 6:22 a.m.

There's a good reason for why Lake Forest College's 107-acre campus seems a bit more...

‘The best part of my job’: Boeing workers give school supplies to 150 kids at Boys & Girls Club

By Doug Ross

September 6, 2026 at 2:07 p.m.

Bernice Billups was trying to explain what she gets out of handing out free school...

Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown)

Lincoln-Way East students removed from Homewood-Flossmoor football game for alleged ‘racist harassment’

By Allison Kiehl

September 6, 2026 at 7:29 a.m.

Five Lincoln-Way East students were removed from a football game Friday for allegedly conducting "racist...

Julie Wendorf, director of the Crown Point Community Library, is shown at the library on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Local libraries are sounding the alarm that the E-Rate program may face cuts or effectively end funding under a recent federal proposal. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Local libraries: Free internet could be hampered by proposed federal cuts

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 5, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

When Northwest Indiana residents faced extensive power outages last month after a tornado and derecho,...

Triton College board of trustees Chairman Mark Stephens in 2026. (Triton College)

Chicago-area community college chairman resigns following felony charge

By Allison Kiehl

September 5, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

The Triton College Board of Trustees Chairman has stepped down from his position, the community...

NWI schools weigh options, negotiate with state over makeup days after August storm

By Doug Ross

September 5, 2026 at 11:48 a.m.

Area schools are negotiating with the Indiana Department of Education over how to address instructional...

Valparaiso Community Schools administration building, 3801 N. Campbell St. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso School Board cancels ex-superintendent’s contract

By Doug Ross

September 5, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Former Valparaiso Community Schools Superintendent Jim McCall no longer has a consulting contract with the...

Josue Pire Hidalgo, center, relaxes with his children, Sebastian and Madison, at their Chicago home on Sept. 4, 2026. Pire Hidalgo was held in ICE detention in Indiana's Clay County Jail for 42 days after being arrested at an asylum appointment in mid-July. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools custodian released from ICE: ‘It was 42 very difficult days for our family’

By Allison Kiehl

September 4, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

ICE arrested CPS custodian Josue Pire Hidalgo the morning of July 17 for what he...

Candidates for Chicago Board of Education president — school board member Jessica Biggs, from left, Chicago Teachers Union political director Hilario Dominguez, attorney Victor Henderson and former board appointee Sendhil Revuluri — answer questions during a public forum at McCutcheon Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

CPS board president candidates lay out competing visions at first forum

By Kate Armanini

September 4, 2026 at 1:28 p.m.

Four school board president candidates shared the stage for the first time Thursday night, weighing...

Teacher Hannah Chorley communicates with her middle school students during remote learning on the first day of school at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy of Social Justice on Sept. 8, 2020. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago extends free home internet for 28,000 CPS students

By Kate Armanini

September 3, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet...