Ray Quintanilla

As acts of terrorism unfolded on the East Coast during school hours Tuesday, parents and school districts across the Chicago area confronted a difficult task: how to explain the day's...

Parents of pupils in many of Chicago's Catholic schools will face another substantial tuition hike next year as the Archdiocese of Chicago tries to wean its schools from relying on...

Educators in the financially strapped Catholic schools of Chicago found great promise in President George W. Bush's education plan announced Tuesday with its proposal for tuition vouchers. Public school officials,...

Televisions in every hallway and classroom at Friendship Junior High School in Des Plaines beamed out a steady diet of CNN election updates Friday, as anxious students jostled for a...

Nearly 100 angry parents from six Southwest Side public elementary schools asked the Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday to build new schools or pay for their expansion because "overcrowding...

A Catholic priest allegedly crashed a car into the garage behind a Rockford abortion clinic Saturday and wielded a pickax to enter the main building before its owner fired two...

The death of a 13-year-old Faraday Elementary School student who collapsed in a school hallway earlier this week was not linked to the recent spate of hot weather, the Cook...

Stifling summer temperatures heated up classrooms--and some parents--Thursday, forcing scattered school districts to send students home early and prompting some angry mothers and fathers to pull their children out of...

An organization with purported ties to Rev. Sun Myun Moon's controversial Unification Church made sex-education presentations in some public schools, Chicago Public Schools officials acknowledged Thursday. The board told schools...

Catholic Charities of Chicago, one of the largest social service providers in the state, faces an unprecedented $3.5 million deficit, may lay off as many as 30 employees and is...