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Students at Morgan Park Academy in a science class. (Morgan Park Academy)

Morgan Park Academy reduces tuition, celebrates ranking as top private school

By Elena Tittel

October 16, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

Morgan Park Academy staff said they will reduce baseline tuition costs signifcantly for the next...

Senior Jackson Young, 18, fills out his ballot during an early voting event, Oct. 15, 2026, at Oak Park and River Forest High School. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Teen Takeover for Democracy’ draws election officials to Oak Park and River Forest High School

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 16, 2026 at 5:02 a.m.

Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon visited Oak Park and River Forest High School to encourage...

Alexander Angeles, 18, left, heads to a family car with his brother, Lando Torres, to get to an evening work shift on Oct. 15, 2026, in the Southwest Side of Chicago. Angeles is a candidate for the Chicago school board District 8B. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

In Southwest Side school board race, a teenager takes on a Chicago police detective

By Kate Armanini

October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Hancock High School grad Alexander Angeles is running against police detective Juan Ignacio Gonzalez for...

Police searching for suspect after person who is not a student shot and wounded at Illinois State University

By Adriana Pérez

April 28, 2025 at 1:39 p.m.

Illinois State University announced Monday that all events in the Bone Student Center scheduled for...

Students use a multidirectional crosswalk at Sixth and Green streets near the University of Illinois campus in Champaign. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Illinois academics relieved after Trump administration restores legal status of some international students

By Zareen Syed

April 26, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.

The announcement came after scores of international students around the U.S. filed court challenges, government...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, right, before a Chicago Board of Education meeting Feb. 27, 2025. Board President Sean Harden is at left. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago school board still interfering in outgoing CEO’s duties, Pedro Martinez claims in court filing

By Nell Salzman

April 25, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

Outgoing Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez is alleging board members are continuing to usurp...

The Indiana Statehouse, as seen on January 4, 2021. (Michael Gard/Post-Tribune)

Indiana passes $44 billion budget in final vote of 2025 session

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 25, 2025 at 12:51 p.m.

Indiana’s $44 billion two-year budget was approved late Thursday night by both chambers of the...

FILE – Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU’s chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report “their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations”, Jan. 31, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says

By Janie Har

April 25, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the...

Chicago Academy for the Arts head of school Jason Patera, left, and Randy Duncan, chair of the school's dance department, speak at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in 2020. (Courtesy of Jason Patera)

Heidi Stevens: Principal’s departure will tie a knot on the loving thread woven throughout Chicago school community

By Heidi Stevens

April 25, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Jason Patera is moving to South Carolina to be with his family, leaving a legacy...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates, surrounded by CTU members, teachers and supporters at CTU headquarters, announces that CTU members overwhelmingly voted to approve a contract with Chicago Public Schools on April 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago school board OKs $139M to fund new teacher contract, launches equity initiatives

By Nell Salzman

April 29, 2025 at 7:47 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education ratified a $139 million tentative agreement between the teachers union...

Janna Pursell, of Valparaiso, in the black sweater, waits in line during the lunch hour on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, with her husband, daughter, and two grandchildren for the first day of early voting in the basement of the Porter County Administration Building. (Shelley Jones/for Post-Tribune)

Partisan school board bill passes out of Indiana Senate, heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 24, 2025 at 1:57 p.m.

The partisan school board bill passed the Senate by one vote and heads to Gov....

Dash Wilson, of Orland Park, is making a name for himself writing compositions for small and large orchestra groups, including first place in the 2025 Illinois Young Composer Contest. His friends are supportive of his music and have been inspired by what he does. “It’s cool to see how maybe my works have had an influence,” he said. (Michelle Clairmont-Wilson)

Andrew High School musician named state’s top young composer

By Melinda Moore

April 23, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

Dash Wilson, a junior at Andrew High School in Tinley Park, earned first place in...

City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado, from left, University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda and Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez joke around while posing for a photo during an event launching Chicago Roadmap 2.0, a higher education partnership, on April 22, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

CPS, City Colleges and UIC announce expansion of transfer student partnership, unveiling ‘Chicago Roadmap 2.0’

By Ikram Mohamed

April 22, 2025 at 5:54 p.m.

The new program will include admission for transfer students between City Colleges and UIC, seamless...