Casey Banas

Amy Cada, 17, a Downers Grove South High School student, has been named one of Illinois' top two youth volunteers by the Prudential Insurance Co. Cada is being honored for...

Naperville's Diversified Parents Association is sponsoring a high school essay contest with a $500 first prize. In a statement, the association said that schools are becoming increasingly diverse ethnically and...

Stymied by a Park District vote on its first choice, Hinsdale Elementary School District 181 is moving forward with plans to prepare a site for a new middle school on...

Wheaton-Warrenville South High School has roared to victory by winning the Illinois state speech team championship, ending a four-year reign by another DuPage County school. Wheaton South continued its annual...

Colleen Smith pushed the buttons on the remote control panel and the robotic arm swung around, moved down and its grippers opened and then closed on the glass cube. "It...

Indian Prairie School District 204 officials will wait at least a week before filing a lawsuit against the Illinois State Board of Education because they hope rules governing who will...

The 5th graders at Burr Ridge Middle School did not see a performance of "Carmen" or "Aida." Their first taste of opera was the one-act production of "Sid the Serpent."...

A $10,000 college scholarship will be the prize in a raffle sponsored by the Hinsdale Central High School Foundation, a non-profit group raising funds for educational programs not covered in...

When after months of debate, the Illinois legislature passed a plan last week to funnel more money to public schools and Gov. Jim Edgar signed it, many officials rushed to...

Plotting in the two Hinsdale school board races has achieved new, if not higher, levels. In District 181, four candidates have filed for write-in status in case they are thrown...