Eric Ferkenhoff

The registration deadline for new kindergarten and middle school pupils in Park Ridge-Niles District 64 is fast approaching, and district officials are urging parents to pick up registration kits as...

The Maine Township High School District 207 school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to create a freshman academy for incoming students struggling to keep pace with state and district academic...

It's not the rosiest picture, but a five-year financial forecast for Des Plaines District 62 includes no tax increases through 2002-03 above the state tax cap. And though the district...

School bus companies, tired of taking the rap for shoddy service, have a solution: more money for drivers. Some private firms are telling school districts it is time to ante...

He's barely 11, but Max Penning knows the good life well: adoring parents, a sound school and a home in a Barrington neighborhood that rarely tastes crime. Yet young Max...

In a solemn, yet potentially hair-raising event, pupils at Lincoln Junior High school in Park Ridge are hoping for the chance to shave a teacher's head as part of a...

True to form, Park Ridge-Niles District 64 students ranked in the top 20 percent nationally on the annual California Achievement Tests, according to district officials. The national test, which is...

The board of East Maine District 63 is expected Tuesday to approve a school safety coordinator for Gemini Junior High in a bid to cut down on suspensions and expulsions....

Charges were pending Tuesday night against two homeless men who allegedly scuffled outside a lower-level parking garage entrance to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, shattering a glass entry door. Police...

Juggling the roles of teacher and parent, Arlington Heights resident Ruth Jahnke has a dual interest in President Clinton's goal to reduce class sizes in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades...