Casey Banas

Students at 11 north and northwest suburban high schools scored above state and national averages in college entrance examinations scores, according to the first state-required report cards. That fact that...

Thirteen South Side ministers and an anti-abortion group filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court Wednesday seeking a court order to bar a health clinic in Du Sable High School...

University of Illinois trustees Thursday rejected a proposal by President Stanley Ikenberry to withdraw $14.6 million invested by the university in companies doing business in South Africa, even though Ikenberry...

A 41-year-old Chicago public school teacher and a woman companion were charged with attempted child abduction after they allegedly tried to lure two small boys into their vehicle on the...

Chicago real estate magnate Albert Robin, who is pledging $1 million to help finance a campus in Arlington Heights for Roosevelt University, has made a practice of investing in Chicago-area...

`When I count to three, I want all of you in your seats,'' admonished Beatrice Clency, 1st grade teacher at Grant Elementary School. ''I`m going to see who is first.''...

Amid growing Hispanic pressure that school board president George Munoz reconsider his decision to step down, Munoz said Thursday he is firm in his decision not to run for a...

George Munoz confirmed Wednesday that he will not seek a third one-year term as president of the Chicago Board of Education and discounted speculation that either Mayor Harold Washington or...

Some government agencies in Illinois are joining homeowners in the rush to refinance their debts at lower interest rates. But instead of seeking new $100,000 mortgages, the government agencies are...

The principal of Ray School, 5631 S. Kimbark Ave., had prepared 650 ballots Tuesday evening for parents, teachers and other residents of the elementary school`s attendance area to vote on...