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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 Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates arrives April 14, 2025, before announcing that CTU members voted to ratify a new contract with Chicago Public Schools. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CTU members approve contract with historic support, avoiding strike as union prepares to fight federal threats

By Nell Salzman

April 14, 2025 at 9:10 p.m.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to ratify a new contract with Chicago Public...

The seal of the State of Illinois at the DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton on Dec. 27, 2022. (Mark Black/for the baiduhai)

Downers Grove South teacher pleads not guilty to sexual assault, abuse of student

By Michelle Mullins

April 14, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

A Downers Grove South High School teacher appeared briefly in DuPage County Circuit Court Monday,...

The Morris High School Redskins football team celebrates with their fans after a victory in Morris on Sept. 12, 2014. Its school board retired the mascot in 2022. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Bill that calls for banning Native American school team names, mascots passes Illinois House

By Jeremy Gorner

April 11, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

The Democrat-led Illinois House has advanced legislation placing a statewide ban on Native American imagery...

Winners of the 2025 Urban Debate National Championship en Espanol Wendy Depaz, 17, and Angel Tierrablanca, 16, hold up their trophies as their fellow students and faculty line the hallways at Back of the Yards College Prep in Chicago, April 11, 2025, to celebrate them and their team. This was the first time students from a Chicago high school won the Spanish-language title. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Back of the Yards Spanish debaters win national championship, a first for Chicago

By Nell Salzman

April 11, 2025 at 8:51 p.m.

The Spanish-language debate team at Back of the Yards College Prep is the first in...

FILE – Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

By Sara Cline

April 11, 2025 at 3:14 p.m.

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student...

Funded by $15 million gift, new training program for all Chicago police supervisors aims to reduce gun violence

By Robert Channick

April 11, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

The Sue Ling Gin Foundation announced a $15 million gift Friday to develop a leadership...

A former student who graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in 2023 and was continuing to work in the U.S. on a STEM optional practical training extension recently received two emails from
U.S. Consulate General Mumbai regarding his visa and OPT authorization termination. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘I’ve been nothing but transparent’: Former UIC student speaks out after his visa was revoked

By Carolyn Stein

April 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

It was a typical Thursday night for the financial analyst, who was watching "Lord of...

A speaker responds to people who oppose the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 transgender students' locker room access policies, during a board of education meeting at Caruso Middle School on April 10, 2025, in Deerfield. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Group files federal complaint over Deerfield transgender student using locker room

By Joseph States

April 11, 2025 at 1:13 p.m.

A conservative group accuses Deerfield Public Schools of forcing middle schoolers to change into gym...

Social worker Kelly Robinson sits with Davis, a therapy dog from Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs, at Indian Trails Elementary School in Frankfort. She said “all the kids and teachers and staff say she has such a cute face.” Davis gets dressed up for spirit days and her birthday, and the art teacher took photos of her and made them into coloring sheets. (Amanda Sabo)

Frankfort’s Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs help at schools, Honor Flights, even funeral homes

By Melinda Moore

April 10, 2025 at 2:07 p.m.

Healing Hearts Comfort Dogs in Frankfort brings trained dogs to places where they can help...

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

Indiana Senate committee passes two-year budget with $3 billion surplus

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 10, 2025 at 1:20 p.m.

The Senate Appropriations committee amended and approved Indiana's $46.8 billion two-year budget Thursday, so the...