Stephanie Banchero

The Will County state's attorney's office has convened a grand jury to look into possible criminal charges in the distribution of ammonia-tainted chicken tenders blamed for sickening 40 pupils and...

State education officials and federal regulators knew a year ago that the breaded chicken tenders blamed for sickening 40 pupils and teachers in Joliet last month might have been contaminated...

Three of the state's four highest-paid teachers are now under investigation by the Chicago Board of Education, after they took home from $63,000 to $88,000 each in overtime pay last...

A top official with the U.S. Department of Education turned up the heat on public schools Tuesday, saying it's time to stop making excuses and start implementing the new federal...

As school officials across the state labor to balance their budgets, the average annual salary of superintendents continues to rise, with 26 now earning more than $200,000, according to state...

Poor and minority students at many of the premier public schools in the region continue to fail standardized tests while their classmates flourish, as stark new data show that schools...

A section of inner Lake Shore Drive will remain closed for several days to repair a sinkhole after a water main burst under the road early Friday, sending a geyser...

Searching for a better education, thousands of Chicago public school students started the new year Tuesday by switching schools, some taking advantage of federal reforms while others were displaced by...

A federal education initiative President Bush touted as a way to let children escape bad schools while giving them better teachers is disintegrating into a disjointed series of half steps,...

A high-powered governor's task force called Tuesday for overhauling school funding by increasing income and sales taxes while cutting property taxes and for merging school districts so they all are...