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River Forest School Corp. supporters campaign in Lake Station for passage of the school funding referendum. (Jim Masters/Post-Tribune)

NWI school referendum questions leaning ‘yes’ in early returns

By Jim Masters

November 3, 2026 at 8:44 p.m.

Voters in six Northwest Indiana school districts went to the polls on Tuesday with the...

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

Biggs declares victory in race for school board president; opponents yet to concede

By Alice Yin

November 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Jessica Biggs claims victory in race for president of the Chicago Board of Education.

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

As results trickle in, Chicago school board races put CTU to the test

By Kate Armanini

November 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Results for Chicago school board races trickling in

A flag waves outside of the Hammond federal courthouse on Friday, July 10, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Records: Woman claims racial discrimination by Gary schools

By Michelle L. Quinn

July 21, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

A Crown Point woman is suing the Gary Community School Corporation in federal court for racial discrimination and discrimination.

Student loans: 1 in 5 borrowers are behind on payments

By Nicky Forster

July 21, 2026 at 1:16 p.m.

Today, around 9.5 million people — 1 in 5 federal student loan borrowers — are...

The $53.2 million construction improvements to Niles Township High School District 219's campuses include a three-story, 42,000-square-foot addition to Niles West High School. The new building is set to house student services and a guest entrance on the first two floors, with a student commons, a career center, new classrooms and an outdoor roof patio. Photo from July 20, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Niles West, Central get upgrades in Township High School District 219’s $53 million campus upgrades

By Claire Murphy

July 21, 2026 at 8:55 a.m.

The $53 million in upgrades to District 219's campuses are complete, per administrators, with a...

Josue Pire Hidalgo, in an undated photo, is a father of two and a custodian for the Chicago Public Schools. Pire Hidalgo was detained during an immigration check-in on July 17, 2026. (Hidalgo family)

ICE detains Chicago Public Schools custodian at immigration appointment: ‘Everyone’s just devastated’

By Kate Perez

July 22, 2026 at 6:11 a.m.

ICE detained Josue Isai Pire-Hidalgo, 31, on July 17 at an immigration appointment.

Chicago Public Schools Superintendent Macquline King, center, attends a Board of Education meeting on July 20, 2026, on the proposed budget for 2027. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools leaders say board must pass budget to make September payroll

By Kate Armanini

July 20, 2026 at 7:20 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union called on school board members to reject the budget, but CPS...

Produce, which is covered by the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is displayed for sale at a grocery store in Baltimore, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Indiana opts out of summer grocery assistance program for kids

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 20, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

The State of Indiana has opted out of the SUN Bucks program for the second...

Austin, 7 and Lucas, 7, perform an exercise called Astronaut Gloves, where they must attach and remove nuts onto and from bolts while wearing large gloves during the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana's STEM-A-Thon on Monday, July 20, 2026, at Central Park Plaza in Valparaiso. The event brought together club members from Lake and Porter counties. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

STEM activities were all fun and games at Boys & Girls Clubs event

By Doug Ross

July 20, 2026 at 2:54 p.m.

From flight simulators to robots to shooting balls, about 200 kids from Boys and Girls...

Karen Bidus, front row, third from right, stands with fellow members of the Summer Institute for Teachers held by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous in June in New Jersey, where she learned new ways to convey the importance of the Holocaust to her students at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park. (Karen Bidus)

Tinley Park teacher brings lessons of Holocaust home from fellowship: ‘It’s about empathy’

By Janice Neumann

July 20, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Karen Bidus, a teacher at Trinity Lutheran School in Tinley Park, attended the Jewish Foundation...

Northwestern professor Steven Thrasher was denied tenure by the college and will be terminated at the end of his contract in August 2026, allegedly for his pro-Palestinian activism and on-campus speech, April 25, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Denied tenure and alleging discrimination, Northwestern University professor sues school and government officials

By Kate Perez

July 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A Northwestern University professor filed a federal lawsuit alleging federal officials pressured the school to...

McAuley School in West Chicago stands empty and fenced off on April 1, 2014. McAuley, which closed in 1991, had been the last operating one-room schoolhouse in Illinois. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

The last one-room schoolhouse to operate in Illinois finds a new purpose after $1.6M restoration

By Bob Goldsborough

July 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A long-neglected, red frame building in West Chicago that was the final operating one-room schoolhouse...