Karen Ann Cullotta

Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union, speaks at a news conference outside Benito Juarez Community Academy on Aug. 18, 2021.

Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for teachers arrives amid school outbreaks, hundreds of possible exposures

August 26, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for school teachers and staff arrives as dozens of Illinois districts remain on probation for refusing to comply with the indoor mask mandate and...

Plainfield Central High School on March 3, 2018.

Lawsuit alleges former Plainfield Central High School football players were sexually assaulted during locker room hazing incident

August 26, 2021 at 6:46 a.m.

The parents of two former members of the Plainfield Central High School freshman football team have filed a lawsuit alleging their teens were sexually assaulted in the locker room during...

The Timothy Christian varsity volleyball team plays Fenwick High School in Oak Park on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021.

Illinois schools flouting Pritzker school mask mandate banned from fall playoff games

August 24, 2021 at 7:24 p.m.

Student-athletes at scores of Illinois public and private high schools will be prohibited from participating in playoff games this fall unless their local school boards comply with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's...

Miles Sato, 14, of Evanston, receives his first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Valerie Coston at a Cook County Health COVID-19 vaccine site in Des Plaines on May 13, 2021.

With full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, pediatricians discourage parents from trying to get shots for kids 11 and younger

August 23, 2021 at 2:14 p.m.

Despite the Food and Drug Administration's full approval Monday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for ages 16 and older, pediatricians are discouraging parents from trying to get shots for children...

Barrington 220 Superintendent Robert Hunt, his second grade daughter Emmie Hunt, 7, center, and their neighbor, Hadley Crowley, 8, put on masks as they walk to school on the first day of school at Grove Avenue Elementary School, Aug. 20, 2021, in Barrington.

From ‘quarantine academies’ to virtual substitutes, how schools are teaching students in isolation because of COVID-19

August 23, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

As Illinois schools welcome students back to fully reopened classrooms this month amid another coronavirus surge, educators face a thorny question: How do you teach students who are quarantined by...

Two DuPage County private schools ‘unrecognized’ by state for defying Pritzker’s mask mandate join surging number of Illinois public school districts on probation for noncompliance

August 20, 2021 at 6:17 a.m.

Two DuPage County private schools are among the latest to join a surging number of public and private schools in Illinois being slapped with sanctions this week for refusing to...

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Pritzker’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for teachers arrives amid school outbreaks, hundreds of possible exposures

Lawsuit alleges former Plainfield Central High School football players were sexually assaulted during locker room hazing incident

Illinois schools flouting Pritzker school mask mandate banned from fall playoff games

With full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine, pediatricians discourage parents from trying to get shots for kids 11 and younger

From ‘quarantine academies’ to virtual substitutes, how schools are teaching students in isolation because of COVID-19

Two DuPage County private schools ‘unrecognized’ by state for defying Pritzker’s mask mandate join surging number of Illinois public school districts on probation for noncompliance

Dozens of Illinois public school districts on probation for refusing to comply with Pritzker’s mask mandate

Northern Illinois faculty gets green light to pivot to remote instruction if on-campus COVID-19 rates rise

When is it a HIPAA violation to disclose proof of vaccination? More COVID-19 questions answered.

Surge of International students from India prompts University of Illinois to launch office in New Delhi