Casey Banas

(This is one of six stories and thirteen tables associated with the release of the 1990 Illinois school report cards.) This year`s report cards include scores on a new language...

Nearly 20 percent of Illinois school districts are on a new ''financial watch list'' issued Friday by the Illinois State Board of Education for the 1988-89 school year, reflecting their...

The Chicago Bears are undefeated when the College of Du Page`s Cultural Guild has a fundraiser to benefit its Arts Center. The streak went to 4 and 0 last Sunday...

State school officials say three ways should be weighed to help reduce funding disparities among schools. - Local property taxes could be replaced by a statewide property tax for schools....

Gov. James Thompson and Senate President Philip Rock said Thursday that a House-passed $454 million property tax relief program was unaffordable and unacceptable, and they assured school districts throughout the...

Teachers at Lake Park High School in Roselle will strike Tuesday. A 15-hour bargaining session that ended Monday morning failed to settle a contract dispute. The walkout will be the...

Checks of 30 Chicago public high schools by state school officials show that as many as 98 percent of the students who were supposed to be in study halls could...

George Shapiro looked over his new class of 45 prospective business owners for the first time and said, ''You don`t know what you don`t know.'' Though the College of Du...

Only 10 years old, George Hurley is taking a math class at the College of Du Page for the second straight year. The 5th grader from Marion Hills Elementary School...

Jack Weiseman recalls the days when he came to the College of Du Page in 1970 and the county was virtually a cultural wasteland. ''People commuted to Chicago for cultural...