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Children stare at the Booster K1 robot at the annual University of Chicago South Side Science Festival in Hyde Park on Oct. 3, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

U. of C.’s South Side Science Fest showcases the wow that exists in the field

By Darcel Rockett

October 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Nearly 4,600 people visited this year's University of Chicago South Side Science Festival, which offered...

Harper Dempsey, left, and Emma Jorgenson head to Mass at Marmion Academy on Pajama Day during Homecoming Week at the Aurora school, Sept. 23, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Aurora’s Marmion Academy tackles a new year, its first as a co-ed school

By Molly Morrow

October 6, 2026 at 2:17 p.m.

After almost a century in Aurora, this school year is Marmion’s first educating girls.

New graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. on Ma 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Student loan borrowers have until the end of 2026 to reduce their interest rate. Here’s what to know.

By Adriana Morga

October 6, 2026 at 12:33 p.m.

Student loan borrowers now have until the end of 2026 to enroll in auto pay...

Julie Wendorf, director of the Crown Point Community Library, is shown at the library on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025. Local libraries are sounding the alarm that the E-Rate program may face cuts or effectively end funding under a recent federal proposal. (John Smierciak / Post-Tribune)

Local libraries: Free internet could be hampered by proposed federal cuts

By Meredith Colias-Pete

September 5, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

When Northwest Indiana residents faced extensive power outages last month after a tornado and derecho,...

Triton College board of trustees Chairman Mark Stephens in 2026. (Triton College)

Chicago-area community college chairman resigns following felony charge

By Allison Kiehl

September 5, 2026 at 4:03 p.m.

The Triton College Board of Trustees Chairman has stepped down from his position, the community...

NWI schools weigh options, negotiate with state over makeup days after August storm

By Doug Ross

September 5, 2026 at 11:48 a.m.

Area schools are negotiating with the Indiana Department of Education over how to address instructional...

Valparaiso Community Schools administration building, 3801 N. Campbell St. (Amy Lavalley/Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso School Board cancels ex-superintendent’s contract

By Doug Ross

September 5, 2026 at 11:36 a.m.

Former Valparaiso Community Schools Superintendent Jim McCall no longer has a consulting contract with the...

Josue Pire Hidalgo, center, relaxes with his children, Sebastian and Madison, at their Chicago home on Sept. 4, 2026. Pire Hidalgo was held in ICE detention in Indiana's Clay County Jail for 42 days after being arrested at an asylum appointment in mid-July. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools custodian released from ICE: ‘It was 42 very difficult days for our family’

By Allison Kiehl

September 4, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

ICE arrested CPS custodian Josue Pire Hidalgo the morning of July 17 for what he...

Candidates for Chicago Board of Education president — school board member Jessica Biggs, from left, Chicago Teachers Union political director Hilario Dominguez, attorney Victor Henderson and former board appointee Sendhil Revuluri — answer questions during a public forum at McCutcheon Elementary School on Sept. 3, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

CPS board president candidates lay out competing visions at first forum

By Kate Armanini

September 4, 2026 at 1:28 p.m.

Four school board president candidates shared the stage for the first time Thursday night, weighing...

Teacher Hannah Chorley communicates with her middle school students during remote learning on the first day of school at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy of Social Justice on Sept. 8, 2020. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago extends free home internet for 28,000 CPS students

By Kate Armanini

September 3, 2026 at 4:42 p.m.

More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet...

Lia Ramirez, of Orland Park, has a light moment while giving a speech at the opening ceremony with the iCan Dream Center partnering with Prairie State College. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

‘Cutting assumptions’: Prairie State iCan Dream Center to serve neurodiverse students

By Jeff Vorva

September 4, 2026 at 1:03 p.m.

Participants and officials celebrate the new iCan Dream Center for neurodiverse students at Prairie State...

FILE – People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Trump administration pushes to remove tax exemption for private colleges with DEI policies

By Collin Binkley

September 3, 2026 at 12:19 p.m.

The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would strip private schools and colleges...

Phoebe Beal, left, and her mother, Cassie Creswell, president of Illinois Families for Public Schools, stand outside Phoebe's school on the South Side of Chicago on Sept. 2, 2026. Creswell's organization is a nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving public schools in Illinois. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago school board candidates asked to sign pledge restricting AI, screen time

By Finnegan Belleau

September 3, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

More than half of Chicago school board candidates signed a pledge calling for a three-year...