Stephanie Banchero

For the third year in a row, Illinois School Report Card information is riddled with so many errors that state school officials are warning that data on individual schools might...

A college dropout arrested Tuesday in the shooting death of an unarmed guard in the Illinois Capitol has a history of mental illness and has not been taking medication, prosecutors...

The newly appointed Illinois State Board of Education pushed aside state school Supt. Robert Schiller Monday, replacing him with a new interim chief handpicked by Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office. The...

Frenchel Delgado dropped out of Senn High School two years ago because, as she tells it, she could not conform to the rules, had a tough time getting herself to...

The average SAT score of high school students in Illinois rose slightly this year, outpacing national gains on both the verbal and math portions of the college entrance exam. But...

The crippling teacher shortage that state officials predicted a few years ago has not materialized, as more educators are staying in their jobs and more students enter the profession, according...

Students at a number of well-regarded suburban schools will have the right to transfer out, as the number of Illinois public schools facing federal sanctions ballooned again this year. Just...

The average ACT composite score for Illinois high school seniors rose for the second year in a row, propelled in part by students who were the least prepared for the...

Judy Fromm's 3rd graders saunter into the classroom, acting as though they are still on Christmas break. The boys gather in the walk-in closet to discuss the "Lord of the...