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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...

State Sen. Robert Peters speaks at a news conference outside the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 18, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois allows kids as young as 10 to be put in detention. A bill before the state House could change that.

By Olivia Olander

April 19, 2025 at 7:34 a.m.

Juvenile justice advocates are pushing a bill that would largely ban the detention of kids...

Momin Ahmed, a junior at Hinsdale Central High School, started Model UN Academy to serve as an online resource for Model UN clubs and students all over the world. (James C. Svehla/for the baiduhai)

Hinsdale Central teen sets up Model UN Academy site to help thousands of students find success

By Shanzeh Ahmad

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

Momin Ahmed's website instructs youths on how to navigate Model UN, a simulation of the...

Second graders Axel Schafer, right, and Kamiyah Bass harvest lettuce for use at the school on Friday, April 17, 2025 at South Haven Elementary School. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Federal farm-to-school funding withers, devastates school lunch programs

By Doug Ross

April 18, 2025 at 1:41 p.m.

The National Farm to School Lunch Program allows the Northwest Indiana Food Council to provide...

North Palos Elementary District 117 Board President Tom Kostes after his final board meeting April 15, 2025 in Palos Hills. (Jim Hook/for the Daily Southtown)

Tom Kostes steps down after 50-plus years of school leadership in North Palos

By Jim Hook

April 18, 2025 at 10:12 a.m.

North Palos District 117 Board President Tom Kostes steps down, more than 50 years after...

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon, File)

Vaccination rates show some Southland districts ‘extremely vulnerable’ to measles outbreaks

By Olivia Stevens

April 18, 2025 at 12:40 p.m.

Illinois Department of Public Health shows measles vaccination rates for schools in Homer Glen, Oak...

Students and parents leave Marquette Elementary School on April 15, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago school board overturns firing of CPS worker accused of threats, harassment

By Nell Salzman

April 18, 2025 at 8:35 a.m.

For the first time in a decade, the Chicago Board of Education bucks tradition and...

After writing their hopes on pieces of cloth attendees place them on a piece of string while attending a rally to protest the Trump administration’s recent revocation of student visas for international students at the University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University on April 17, 2025, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Federal cuts, threats fuel protests at Northwestern and UIC

By Nell Salzman

April 18, 2025 at 9:48 a.m.

Students and faculty protest funding freezes, criticize university responses to Trump administration’s crackdowns on campus...

A student walks through the Main Quad in front of Foellinger Auditorium on the University of Illinois campus Saturday, Feb. 15, in Urbana. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

More than 1,000 international students have had visas or legal status revoked

By Annie Ma

April 17, 2025 at 6:59 p.m.

At least 1,024 students at 160 colleges, universities and university systems have had their visas...

Leaders from Purdue University Northwest and the City of Hammond have a ceremonial groundbreaking for Calumet Hall, the university's new residence hall. Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott said the facility will continue to benefit the city and university. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

PNW breaks ground on new multi-million dollar residence hall

By Maya Wilkins

April 17, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

PNW staff and Hammond leaders on Thursday broke ground on Calumet Hall, a $29 million,...

Moraine Valley Community College Nursing faculty member Jacinda Ross, center, stands in the Palos Hills school's nursing lab with students who recently established a new chapter of the National Student Nurses’ Association, from left, Lilian Ebom, Whitney William, Destiny Robles and Jacqueline Anderson. (Susan DeGrane/Daily Southtown)

Moraine Valley nursing students unite to build peer support network

By Susan DeGrane

April 16, 2025 at 2:48 p.m.

Students in the nursing program at Moraine Valley Community College formed a new chapter of...