Zareen Syed

Northwestern University merchandise for sale at a shop across the street from Ryan Field on July 10, 2023, in Evanston.

‘Infuriating.’ Northwestern students, former players and Illinois leaders react to football program hazing reports.

July 11, 2023 at 11:18 a.m.

As a child, Ramon Diaz dreamed of studying at Northwestern University and playing football for the Big Ten school. Yet he said the experience left him traumatized because of hazing,...

Students chant, clap and sing during morning community assembly at the Urban Prep School in Englewood on May 9, 2023.

Urban Prep closure put on hold in ‘much needed win’ as the once-esteemed all-boys charter school fights to stay open

July 7, 2023 at 4:51 p.m.

An Illinois appellate court decided June 23 that Urban Prep Academies would be allowed to remain open while a lawsuit challenging the charter school's closure is pending in Cook County...

Manifestantes a favor y en contra de la acción afirmativa discuten frente a la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. en Washington, el 29 de junio de 2023. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Cuando la Corte Suprema anula la acción afirmativa, Chicago e Illinois reaccionan: ‘Esta decisión solo nos hace retroceder’

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

La estudiante de la Academia Kenwood, Scarlett Rose Smith, de 14 años, ya ha estado planeando el día en que postula a las universidades, con la escuela de arte en...

Protesters for and against affirmative action argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2023.

As Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, Chicago and Illinois react: ‘This decision only sets us back’

June 29, 2023 at 7:19 p.m.

Kenwood Academy student Scarlett Rose Smith, 14, has already been planning for the day she applies to colleges, with art school in mind. But with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling...

Students exit Latin School in Chicago following classes on Oct. 8, 2020. The prestigious school charges more than $40,000 per year in tuition.

Latin School refuses parents’ request for records of son who died by suicide after bullying, new lawsuit says

June 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The parents of a Latin School of Chicago student who died by suicide in 2022 after being bullied "relentlessly" filed a second lawsuit on June 5 against the elite private...

State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth's daughter Jianna watches as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs the 2024 fiscal year budget on June 7, 2023, at the Christopher House in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. The Early Childhood Block Grant, aimed at improving access to preschool, is a considerable chunk of the budget.

State board urges providers to apply for grant aimed at improving access to preschool

June 19, 2023 at 3:25 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education has until Wednesday to encourage school districts, child care centers, community centers and other organizations in "preschool desert areas" to apply for the Early...

Beecher High School on June 6, 2023. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that Beecher Community Unit School District 200U failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a Black student from being harassed on the basis of race over the course of the 2021-2022 school year.

Beecher School District 200U failed to investigate Black student’s reports of racial harassment, says US Department of Education

June 19, 2023 at 3:25 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that Beecher Community Unit School District 200U failed to take reasonable steps to prevent a Black student from being...

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