Stephanie Banchero

In a booming economy where nearly everyone who wants to work is working, school districts are faced with some daunting problems, not the least of which is how to find...

After five years in the red, the operating budget of Downers Grove Grade School District 58 may finally be moving into the black. District officials announced recently that for the...

With 15 pairs of eyes fixed on her, 1st-grade teacher Jessica Allen shouts the word "plug." "Now show me the vowel that makes the sound in plug," Allen says. Fifteen...

Officials with Puffer-Hefty School District 69 have filed suit in DuPage Country Circuit Court, hoping to stave off the regional board's plan to move pupils out of District 69 and...

Officials in School District 181, already beset by cost overruns at the new Clarendon Hills Middle School, are running into more financial obstacles over plans to renovate The Lane Elementary...

It may not be the most user-friendly Internet site, but the State Board of Education has launched a Web page that details how schools are performing academically and how they...

Special education teachers in Illinois, who are trained to work with students who have a specific disability, would need additional training so they could work with a wider range of...

When the Glenbard North Panthers take the field Saturday against Maine South in the Class 6A state football championship game, they'll be seen as the Cinderella team, the overachieving underdogs...

Officials at Wheaton College have announced the second phase of their mascot search. The school is looking for an illustration for the school's new mascot, which is Thunder. Design proposals...

The Illinois State Board of Education unveiled a preliminary 2002 budget Thursday that calls for a $320 million increase in spending, much of it directed toward helping students learn to...