Stephanie Banchero

Kesedria Carter stands in the vestibule, her lanky body hunched against the bricks to keep the whipping wind off her face, her hands jammed into her pockets. She pokes her...

The number of Illinois schools meeting standards rose this year, but not necessarily because students performed better, according to statewide test data being released Wednesday. While students made modest gains...

The number of Illinois schools meeting standards rose this year, but not necessarily because students performed better, according to statewide test data being released Wednesday. While students made modest gains...

Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan threatened Thursday to sue the U.S. Department of Education, after the agency barred him from using federal funds to run a tutoring program for...

Tens of thousands of struggling students have been getting help this fall through a tutoring program run by Chicago Public Schools. But the U.S. Department of Education, which funds the...

By most measures, Franklin Park School District 84 in west suburban Cook County is a success. Roughly 70 percent of its students passed state achievement exams last year. All four...

University of Illinois trustees on Tuesday tapped a former business school dean with ties to the private sector to be the 16th president of the state's largest public university system....

Eleven school districts in Illinois could soon be barred from providing federally mandated tutoring services at their failing schools, though state officials said Wednesday they will seek a way around...

In an unusual move, federal authorities have indicted a Downstate man on felony charges of conspiracy, transporting uninspected poultry and lying to federal authorities in a 2002 food poisoning incident...

Since he gained control of the Illinois State Board of Education, Gov. Rod Blagojevich has wasted no time filling the agency with political insiders and loyalists, some of whom have...