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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...

The University of Chicago campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood on April 10, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Trump administration revokes student visas from U. of C., Northwestern and U. of I.

By Zareen Syed

April 10, 2025 at 7:27 a.m.

Over the past week, nearly 300 full-time international students across the country were informed that...

MMR virus vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) at Logan Square Health Center on May 9, 2019. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois unveils online tool showing measles vaccination rates by school

By Lisa Schencker

April 10, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

The new Measles Outbreak Simulator Dashboard uses school vaccination data to project and estimate the...

Northwestern University President Michael Schill attends a faculty senate meeting on April 9, 2025, where a packet of letters of support from law professors, legal organizations and alumni across the country asking the university to take stand against the federal government was given to Peter Barris, chair of the board of trustees. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Northwestern University’s faculty decry Trump administration’s federal funding freeze

By Nell Salzman

June 6, 2025 at 12:24 p.m.

President Donald J. Trump's administration froze $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, as...

People walk by Deering Meadow on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston on March 31, 2025. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Northwestern University says Trump administration to freeze $790 million in funding

By Caroline Kubzansky

April 9, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.

Northwestern University said it found out the Trump administration is poised to freeze “a significant...

People walk by the Arch on the Northwestern University campus on March 31, 2025, in Evanston. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Trump officials freeze $790 million for Northwestern and $1 billion for Cornell

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

April 8, 2025 at 10:03 p.m.

The Trump administration has frozen more than $1 billion in funding for Cornell University and...

WRRG manager Kelli Lynch sits behind the mic at Triton College's student radio station, which is celebrating its 50th year on April 28. (Steve Metsch/Pioneer Press)

Triton College’s WRRG set to celebrate 50 years on the air

By Steve Metsch

April 9, 2025 at 7:43 p.m.

Radio personality Wendy Snyder is among the DJ alumni of WRRG, Triton College's radio station,...

Indiana University officials and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton, right, celebrated the opening of the Center for Urban and Regional Excellence's new campus site Monday at IU-Northwest. From left, Ken Iwama, vice president of IU regional campuses and former IU-Northwest chancellor; Vicki Román-Lagunas, interim IU-Northwest chancellor; IU President Pamela Whitten and Ellen Szaeleta, CURE director. (Carole Carlson/Post-Tribune)

IU Northwest provides new space for CURE

By Carole Carlson

April 8, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

A program that connects the community to a wide-reaching partnership with Indiana University Northwest now...

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis on Jan. 26, 2015, at CTU's Merchandise Mart headquarters. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘She gave me permission to lead this way’: CTU President Stacy Davis Gates honors legacy of Karen Lewis

By Nell Salzman

April 8, 2025 at 4:52 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates reflects on the legacy of late union chief...

The Crown Point Community Library is pictured in this 2023 file photo. (John Smierciak/Post Tribune)

NWI library leaders react to libraries and museums agency staff cuts

By Maya Wilkins

April 7, 2025 at 4:04 p.m.

Libraries are more than just books — they have meeting rooms, access to subscription services...

Chesterton High School juniors Lauren Yarosz, left, and Taryn Wellensiek watch as their bottle drops during the Bungee Drop event competition at the Indiana Science Olympiad state tournament at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond, Indiana Saturday April 5, 2025.(Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Science Olympiad competitors learn to expect the unexpected

By Michelle L. Quinn

April 7, 2025 at 11:54 a.m.

Most people seem to think that science is doing something and having it work the...