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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...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez speaks during an event launching Chicago Roadmap 2.0, a higher education partnership, on April 22, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

CPS chief Pedro Martinez tapped to be Massachusetts education commissioner

By Ikram Mohamed

April 22, 2025 at 8:47 p.m.

CPS chief Pedro Martinez was tapped to become the next commissioner of the Massachusetts Department...

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

Partisan school board concurrence filed, advances for final Senate consideration

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 22, 2025 at 4:09 p.m.

The partisan school board bill overcame an obstacle Tuesday as the Senate motion to dissent...

Partisan school board bill undergoes changes in conference committee

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 21, 2025 at 4:03 p.m.

The partisan school board bill will likely undergo some changes, but language allowing candidates to...

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Education Department to refer student loans in default to debt collection

By Annie Ma

April 21, 2025 at 3:43 p.m.

Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans.

School City of Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington, center, talks with Toni Thomas, left, and Doris Ban, after a presentation on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at the Maria Reiner Senior Center. (Carole Carlson/for Post-Tribune)

Indiana schools rocked by tax relief law

By Carole Carlson

April 21, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

From 2026 to 2028, Indiana schools could lose an estimated $744.2 million, according to the...

Junior Claire Demmon, on left, introduces a song as senior Braden Kennelly, center, and junior Ella Tonelli stand nearby as Chesterton High School's student radio station, WDSO, starts its yearly fundraising radiothon on Friday, April 18, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton High School’s radio station kicks off annual radiothon with music and donor shout-outs

By Shelley Jones

April 20, 2025 at 10:29 a.m.

Chesterton High School radio station WDSO is holding its annual radiothon to raise supplemental funds...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers gives the annual State of the State address, Jan. 22, 2025, at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

By Scott Bauer

April 19, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

The Wisconsin governor’s creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school...

Triton College alumni, from left, Nicholas Steker, Madonna Fantetti Slepicka, Michele Fiore and Albin Lechowski hold plaques during an April 11 ceremony where they were inducted into the college's Alumni Wall of Fame. (Triton College)

Four Triton College grads lauded on Alumni Wall of Fame

By C.R. Walker

April 21, 2025 at 1:57 p.m.

Nicholas Steker, Michele Fiore, Madonna Fantetti Slepicka and Albin Lechowski received the recognition for making...

Lincoln-Way East junior Mason Meskimen and his mother, Heather Meskimen, at Pizza Pete in Frankfort on April 16, 2025. The pizzeria is one of two drop-off sites for toys and self-care items Mason is collecting for Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn. (Samantha Moilanen/Daily Southtown)

Lincoln-Way East student organizes donation drive for Advocate Children’s Hospital

By Samantha Moilanen

April 19, 2025 at 5:10 a.m.

When Mason Meskimen was just 4, the Lincoln-Way East High School student was hospitalized and...

Madonna Slepicka, owner of River Forest Chocolates, was inducted into the Triton College Distinguished Alumni Wall of Fame on April 11, 15 years after deciding to take a chocolate making class at the college. (Jesse Wright/Pioneer Press)

River Forest chocolatier tastes sweet success, earns Wall of Fame nod from Triton College

By Jesse Wright

April 19, 2025 at 5:09 a.m.

River Forest Chocolates owner Madonna Slepicka may never have gotten into the business if it...