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Chicago Board of Education presidential candidates Jessica Biggs, from left, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson. (Arthur Maiorella and Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Tangle with Springfield forms crux of school board president debate on CPS finances

By Shun Graves

October 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago school board president candidates disagree on solutions for the district’s precarious finances.

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...

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...

Lia Ramirez, of Orland Park, has a light moment while giving a speech at the opening ceremony with the iCan Dream Center partnering with Prairie State College. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

‘Cutting assumptions’: Prairie State iCan Dream Center to serve neurodiverse students

By Jeff Vorva

September 4, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

Participants and officials celebrate the new iCan Dream Center for neurodiverse students at Prairie State...

FILE – People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies

By Collin Binkley

September 3, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges...

Phoebe Beal, left, and her mother, Cassie Creswell, president of Illinois Families for Public Schools, stand outside Phoebe's school on the South Side of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2026. Creswell's organization is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving public schools in Illinois. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago school board candidates asked to sign pledge restricting AI, screen time

By Finnegan Belleau

September 3, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

More than half of Chicago school board candidates signed a pledge calling for a three-year...

Dee-Etta Wright, center, is pictured when she was hired as chief operations officer by the Gary Community School Corporation July 10, 2024. Wright is seated between Jovanka Cvitkovich, left, the schools’ human resources director, and athletic director Hank Kilander, right. (Carole Carlson/for the Post-Tribune)

Fired Gary schools official files federal discrimination suit

By Carole Carlson

September 2, 2026 at 4:08 p.m.

A former Gary Community School Corp. official filed a lawsuit against the district Aug. 19,...

FILE – New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting, Aug. 12, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

New York City public schools ban AI for students through 8th grade

By Anthony Izaguirre

September 2, 2026 at 12:03 p.m.

New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban students in elementary and middle schools from...

Skokie police vehicle pictured outside Niles North High School in Skokie, Feb. 21, 2018.

As Niles North teacher faces federal charges, pact clarifies schools’ communication with Skokie police

By Claire Murphy

September 3, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Niles Township High School District 219 school resource officers tasked with more reporting of suspected...

A worker checks informational material at Ingredion’s Bedford Park manufacturing plant. The company has teamed up with Moraine Valley Community College to offer a free, two-week manufacturing bootcamp. (Ingredion Incorporated)

Moraine Valley, Bedford Park plant team up to entice future manufacturing workers

By Melinda Moore

September 2, 2026 at 10:59 a.m.

Moraine Valley Community College and Westchester-based Ingredion want to combat misperceptions about manufacturing jobs in...

Scott Elementary School head custodian Dean Baki high-fives a student on his first day back at the Naperville school since going on medical leave in February. The school wanted to celebrate the return of their "king," officials said. (Michelle Mullins/Naperville Sun)

Naperville’s Scott Elementary gives its ‘king’ a superhero’s welcome

By Michelle Mullins

September 2, 2026 at 6:24 p.m.

Scott Elementary went all out Tuesday to celebrate the return of Dean Baki, the Naperville...

Students from Kahler Middle School work at solving problems in the space module at the Challenger Learning Center in Hammond in this 2016 file photo. (Post-Tribune archive photo)

After 27 years, Challenger Learning Center of NWI closing after fundraising mission fell short

By Carole Carlson

September 1, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Space enthusiasts at the Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana, which inspired generations to love...