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A student interacts with the Da Vinci Robotic Surgical System at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Oak Park and River Forest High School students get hands-on experience with robot surgical device

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 14, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

Oak Park and River Forest High School students had a unique opportunity to interact with...

Jessica Biggs attends a forum for Chicago Board of Education president candidates at Malcolm X College on Oct. 5, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Billionaire donor Michael Sacks gives $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs

By Kate Armanini

October 13, 2026 at 7:15 p.m.

Billionaire Democratic donor Michael Sacks donated $150,000 to school board president candidate Jessica Biggs, the largest...

Duneland student performance on the upswing

By Jim Woods

October 13, 2026 at 3:44 p.m.

Chesterton High School students were second in the state in earning dual college credit with...

Angelina Fakhoury-Siverts, chief nursing officer for City of Hope Cancer Center-Chicago, will be inducted into the Leyden High School District 212 Wall of Fame on Thursday. She was the first female football player at East Leyden High School in Franklin Park in 2001 and has since gone on to earn recognition as a leader in the nursing profession. (Leyden High School District 212)

East Leyden’s first female football player earns a spot on school’s Wall of Fame

By Steve Metsch

September 23, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

Angelina Fakhoury-Siverts, who kicked for the East Leyden High School football team in 2001, will...

Search the database to find 2024 Illinois school district superintendent salaries

By Hope Moses

September 23, 2025 at 6:23 a.m.

Use the Tribune's searchable database to see Illinois school district superintendent salaries in 2024.

Michael Smith addresses the board during a Dolton West School District 148 meeting March 25, 2025, in Riverdale. Kevin Nohelty, who was the district’s superintendent, earned a base salary of $450,000 plus $87,000 in retirement benefits and other perks. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Illinois superintendent salaries often don’t reflect the district’s size, wealth or student performance

By Hope Moses

September 23, 2025 at 1:16 p.m.

A Tribune analysis found at least 15 suburban Chicago superintendents were paid more than former...

The Purdue University campus on Oct. 8, 2020, in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Erin Hooley / baiduhai)

Bradshaw: The real cost of college — Dollars, status, and the futures we buy

By Gerald Bradshaw

September 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

Families making the decision today must weigh more than tuition. They must ask: what kind...

Students on campus during the first week of undergraduate classes at Northwestern University in Evanston, Sept. 19, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Northwestern students return to campus amid leadership change, mounting federal pressures

By Kate Armanini

September 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

During Northwestern University's first week, many students were unfazed by the federal funding freeze and...

Artist Theaster Gates gives the inaugural lecture on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Land School, formerly known as St. Laurence Elementary School, which Gates and his nonprofit Rebuild Foundation transformed into an arts incubator in Chicago's Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai).

‘A wonderful space for joy’: Former Greater Grand Crossing school reopened as arts incubator

By Darcel Rockett

September 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The Rebuild Foundation and artist Theaster Gates hosted the grand opening of arts incubator the...

Students leave EPIC Academy, 8255 S. Houston Ave., in Chicago, at the end of the school day on Sept. 17, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

EPIC Academy school votes to close as students and staff rally in support

By Kate Perez

September 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

EPIC Academy's board of directors voted unanimously to close the charter school at the end...

Federal agents conduct an operation in Elgin near the intersection of Chippewa Drive and Martin Drive on Sept. 16, 2025. Many Chicago and suburban schools are preparing to help students amid increased ICE activity in neighborhoods. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

From elementary to higher ed, Chicago and suburban schools prepare amid ICE activity in neighborhoods

By Kate Perez

September 18, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

Schools around the Chicago area are prepping students and families for a potential ICE presence...

Indiana Governor Mike Braun, left, participates in a fireside chat with Munster Chamber of Commerce Chairperson Katie Sannito during the chamber's May membership meeting on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun says education secretary can yank teacher licenses for social media comments in wake of Charlie Kirk killing

By Carole Carlson

September 18, 2025 at 3:31 p.m.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said the state has the right to suspend or revoke a...

Jasmine Bond, director of the Phoenix Public Library, which is located in Coolidge Middle School, stands at the circulation desk on Sept. 11, 2025, in front of the wall that separates the library into two sections for school and public use. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Small libraries in south suburbs feel federal cuts to already limited resources

By Addison Wright

September 22, 2025 at 2:50 p.m.

South suburban libraries are feeling the effects of federal cuts which limit access to grants...