Stephanie Banchero

Despite an aggressive three-year push to get local schools to adopt state learning standards, teachers and principals are taking a cautious approach, making only small tweaks in their curricula or...

When Sean Deering moved his young family to the Blackhawk Heights subdivision in Clarendon Hills seven years ago, he was well aware he was transferring into Westmont Community Unit School...

Students at Downers Grove North will start school three days later than expected because of construction delays at the high school. The first day of school, set for Sept. 7,...

Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 is violating a federal law by not ensuring that disabled preschoolers are educated with their non-disabled peers, according to a recent Illinois State Board of Education...

An unusually wet and soggy spring and a red-hot building boom have conspired to delay numerous construction projects in DuPage County school districts. None of the delays has caused major...

At the request of a Downers Grove North High School history teacher, the Illinois State Board of Education has passed a resolution backing transplant/organ donor awareness programs in every high...

When the Clarendon Hills Middle School officially opens its doors Monday, taxpayers in School District 181 will get their first chance to see inside a ballyhooed state-of-the-art school building that...

With research showing that half of all new teachers get discouraged and leave the profession within five years, the Illinois State Board of Education said Wednesday it is developing a...

The DuPage Regional Board of School Trustees declined Monday to toss out a petition from residents who are trying to switch from Westmont Community Unit School District 201 into the...

Ten years ago, 2,500 pupils were enrolled in Hinsdale School District 181. If enrollment growth continues at its present rate, more than 3,800 youngsters will be sitting in district classrooms...