Stephanie Banchero

After four years of life on the edge, tiny Puffer-Hefty Elementary School District 69 could have its fate decided Thursday at a meeting of the DuPage Regional Board of School...

When 17-year-old Terho Leijamaa left his home in Karhula, Finland, for Downers Grove 10 months ago, he knew little about the town, or even the country, he'd be visiting. But...

In 1987 a group of parents from Glenbard High School District 87 forced school officials to offer a girls soccer program by filing a sex discrimination complaint with the Illinois...

State education officials are drawing up plans for an Illinois Virtual High School, a statewide cyberschool that would give students from across the state access to classes now offered only...

Students struggling to meet rigorous state standards may need a fifth year of high school, the president of one of the nation's largest teachers union will propose Monday. In a...

A 72-year-old Oak Brook man was stabbed to death over the weekend because he refused to turn over $400 so a 19-year-old woman he had met through a classified dating...

Twelve years ago, a reluctant Bill Hector stepped in front of 30 Downers Grove South High School students and offered an emotional and sometimes humorous account of his 25-year battle...

On Election Day in March, two Washington Elementary School 5th graders were walking down the hall when they ran into an elderly gentleman who had just voted in a nearby...

Becoming a public school teacher in Illinois, which for years required little more than passing a high school-level basic skills exam and a fairly easy test in one field of...

A special-education consultant hired by Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 has suggested the district hire seven specialists, three additional speech therapists, a social worker and a psychologist devoted to...