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Anthony Hargrove and Michilla Blaise, candidates for the District 5B school board seat, debate at a candidates forum at Collins Academy STEAM High School in North Lawndale on Sept. 17, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

In the last stretch of school board races, a push to get out the vote

By Kate Armanini

November 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago voters will elect all 21 seats on the Board of Education on election day.

From left: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, Dawes Elementary Principal Teresa Quinn, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Interim Superintendent Eric Witherspoon and State Superintendent Tony Sanders attend the 2026 Blue Ribbon School recognition ceremony at John Mills Elementary School in Elmwood Park. Dawes Elementary was one of 24 schools in the state to receive the Blue Ribbon School distinction for high academic performance or progress in closing school achievement gaps. (Evanston/Skokie School District 65)

Glenview, Evanston, Wilmette schools win prestigious Governor’s Blue Ribbon award

By Claire Murphy

October 31, 2026 at 7:47 a.m.

The Blue Ribbon School award was reinstated at the state level by Gov. JB Pritzker...

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.

Jurnee-Marie Wise, a participant in the Till Institute Summer Academy, works on a drawing of a baseball jersey with Emmett Till's last name at the Chicago History Museum on July 22, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Till Institute Summer Academy brings teens together to talk about social justice

By Darcel Rockett

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

The day independent autopsy results were shared for Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Black student whose...

Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter speaks with the media outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Aug. 19, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

CTU sues Illinois Policy Institute and Liberty Justice Center, alleging ‘ongoing smear campaign’

By Kate Armanini

August 18, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union is suing the Illinois Policy Institute and the Liberty Justice Center,...

The Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center, one of Evanston-Skokie District 65's schools, pictured in February 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Evanston District 65 hired a financial boss, but Glenview District 34 records show ‘unprofessional’ conduct

By Claire Murphy

August 19, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Evanston District 65 hired Eric Miller as CFO, but records at previous employer Glenview D34...

Andrean High School students gather under "Jesus Speaks to the Children" mosaic on Tuesday, the first day of school. (Carole Carlson/For the Post-Tribune)

Two months after tornado, Niner Nation returns home

By Carole Carlson

August 18, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

A group of freshmen grinned linked arms together and grinned for cameras Tuesday under the...

Gary's former Lincoln Achievement Center has been sold to the Steel City Charter School and will house its K-12 enrollment. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

Storm damages Steel City’s new home

By Carole Carlson

August 18, 2026 at 12:10 p.m.

Gary's Steel City Academy Charter School suffered a storm setback on Aug. 11 when its...

Northwestern University in Evanston on Sept. 19, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Northwestern University to revamp decades-old African Studies program, cut some staffers

By Kate Perez

August 19, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

Northwestern University's African Studies program will now be housed under the Office of the Provost...

Karl Goeke, foreground, president of the Illinois Education Association, endorses the reelection campaign of Gov. JB Pritzker, center, at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn on Aug. 17, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker accepts a state teachers union endorsement while casting doubt on $150M CPS funding push

By Olivia Olander

August 18, 2026 at 9:29 a.m.

The push for Chicago Public Schools funding is exposing new fault lines ahead of the...

FILE – Dr. Jessica Early holds a vial of the combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at Prisma Health Pediatrics in Greer, S.C., March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

US school vaccination rates inch down yet again and exemptions reach record high

By Mike Stobbe

August 17, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down again last year and the share of children with...

The Prospect Avenue railroad crossing in Clarendon Hills is pictured in 2015. The crossing will close for repairs for more than a week. (Chuck Fieldman/Pioneer Press)

Prospect Avenue rail crossing to close in Clarendon Hills just as area schools resume classes

By Chuck Fieldman

August 17, 2026 at 2:55 p.m.

The only railroad crossing in Clarendon Hills will be temporarily closed, detouring drivers to the...

Students get off the bus at Washington Elementary School on the first day of class, Monday, in Waukegan Community Unit School District 60. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun)

Schools open in Waukegan, North Chicago and across Lake County: ‘The first day is always energizing’

By Steve Sadin

August 17, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

Schools also opened for North Chicago School District 187, and began opening in Lake County...