V. Dion Haynes

In sharp contrast to last year, the Elgin-area Unit District 46 school board approved a two-year teachers contract Wednesday, five days before the scheduled opening of school. The board`s vote...

It was a bright yet mild morning Tuesday when a yellow bus parked in front of Marion Hoyer and the many other eager parents gathered at Dryden School. Steadying a...

In the end, the hassle associated with redrawing the school calendar and bucking tradition was too great. For some, the idea of classes 12 months a year was too radical...

Overwhelmed by property tax caps, declining state aid and tight-fisted voters, many suburban school districts are being forced to pare their teaching staffs this fall. An annual layoff-rehiring cycle has...

After winning a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that two suburbs must remove religious symbols from their municipal seals, an atheist group is now pressing Arlington Heights to take down its...

Teachers and administrators in Elgin Unit District 46, where a strike last fall kept students out of class for 21 days, reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract...

More than two dozen suburban school districts, hoping to send a strong message to Illinois legislators about their disgust of school violence, are calling for a statewide ban on handguns....

The whirlpool that sucked water through a largely forgotten tunnel into the basements of Chicago`s business district also created a financial undertow that will siphon off hundreds of millions of...

As classmates grieved Monday for a Mt. Prospect student killed in a weekend automobile accident, police were attempting to piece together details of the all-night drinking party that preceded the...

The advice seemed so simple. Know where your kids go at night. Know their friends. Demand accountability. here gang violence seemed so removed only a few years ago, delivered to...