Stephanie Banchero

The number of Illinois high school students taking Advanced Placement courses has ballooned in recent years, propelled largely by a dramatic increase in the percentage of Latino and African-American students...

President Bush's plan to triple the number of advanced high school math and science teachers comes as educators nationwide worry that the rapid growth of the Advanced Placement program is...

If America is addicted to oil, as President Bush said Tuesday night in his State of the Union speech, the treatment plan he sketched out is likely to be long...

No Child Left Behind was supposed to ensure that unqualified teachers either got the additional training they needed or got out of the classroom. But new state regulations adopted Thursday...

Michelle and Chuck Sherline have spent the last few months in a frenzied search for a preschool for their 2-year-old son. The Lincoln Park couple have spent their mornings touring...

Nearly 40 percent of teacher aides in Illinois are not qualified to be in the classroom under No Child Left Behind requirements, but state officials have no intention of ensuring...

Chris Finkel is happy with her daughter's Gurnee public school. The teachers are great. Sarah, 6, has lots of friends, and the 1st grader excels at academics, Finkel said. But...

Three years ago, 18 percent of South Loop Elementary 3rd graders passed the state reading exam. Last school year, 58 percent did so. About 13 percent of 5th graders passed...

NEAR THE CELL `There are no words' Jimbo's Lounge, a bar just north of The Cell, couldn't hold all the fans who'd made the trek to watch Game 4 there....

When it comes to arts education, Illinois public school children are being shortchanged, according to a study to be released Tuesday. A third of Illinois' elementary students and 70 percent...