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Mulumbua Bey speaks at a protest organized by Black farmers of Pembroke Township against plans by Nicor Gas to build a pipeline through their community, on Dec. 7, 2021, outside the Thompson Center in Chicago.

Black farmers in rural Pembroke Township protest Nicor plan to build gas pipeline through their community

December 7, 2021 at 6:35 p.m.

A contingent of Black farmers from rural Pembroke Township gathered with supporters Tuesday in Chicago to protest a proposed Nicor plan to construct a gas pipeline through the heart of...

Students leave Oak Park-River Forest High School in Oak Park at the end of the school day on Dec. 6, 2021.

Oak Park-River Forest student activities return but with tightened COVID-19 rules

December 6, 2021 at 8:01 p.m.

In a letter to parents, staff and families of Oak Park-River Forest High School, Superintendent Greg Johnson announced Monday night that all athletics, activities and clubs would resume as normal...

Guide to 2021 Illinois Report Card: What’s new and where to find results

December 2, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 scuttled the state's standardized assessments, but the annual Illinois Report Card returned this fall, with detailed school district results released by...

Parent mentor Maria Perez works on reading skills with Gianna Hernandez, left, and Neyman Carvjal, center, in Jacquie Erickson's second grade dual language classroom at Jane Addams Elementary School on Dec. 1, 2021, in Palatine.

Illinois releases district-level data for school report cards showing declines across all demographics. Many students didn’t take the test.

December 2, 2021 at 5:40 p.m.

Illinois families from low-income communities and those living in some of the wealthiest enclaves in the state found common ground this week, with school district results from the state's 2021...

Illinois school report cards 2021: Search for elementary and middle school results

February 16, 2024 at 4:09 p.m.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, is the state's federally mandated measurement of students' mastery of the Illinois Learning Standards in English language arts and math in Grades three...

Illinois school report cards 2021: Search for your high school’s results on the SAT state assessment

February 16, 2024 at 4:01 p.m.

In addition to the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, the Illinois Report Card also includes data from the SAT, an Illinois accountability assessment given to high school juniors. The...

Northbrook teachers begin organizing one of state’s remaining nonunion public school districts

November 24, 2021 at 10:55 a.m.

Educators at one the state's few remaining nonunion public school districts said Monday they have begun labor organizing and hope to join one of the state's largest teachers unions. A...

Pedestrians walk past Harold Washington College in 2009.

Community colleges, a ‘game-changer’ for low-income families, see free tuition cut from social safety bill but remain hopeful. ‘There is momentum afloat.’

November 19, 2021 at 6:29 p.m.

After Tamika Powell lost her job during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, her uncertainty was replaced with hope when she decided to enroll at Chicago's Harold Washington College...

A sign encouraging mask use hangs on a fence outside Jensen Elementary School in North Lawndale on Sept. 28, 2021.

Illinois school district superintendents demand local control in COVID-19 policies: ‘The kids are telling us, go and fight for us’

November 19, 2021 at 7:25 a.m.

Determined to loosen stringent COVID-19 mandates at Illinois schools, a contingent of school district superintendents on Thursday called on the State Board of Education to return local control to communities,...

Jervin Roman, 9, gets nervous before he receives his COVID-19 vaccine from Veronica Flores, left, at the southwest vaccine clinic of Esperanza Health Centers on Nov. 3, 2021, in Chicago. His mom, Angela Lopez, and sister Anahi Morales, 11, tried to keep him calm as he received his shot.

Illinois sees uptick in youth COVID-19 cases, school outbreaks heading into Thanksgiving break

November 17, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

An uptick in youth COVID-19 cases in Illinois in recent weeks is fueling school outbreaks and student quarantines, just days before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday break. In the...

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