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Northwestern and Penn State fans arrive at the new Ryan Field in Evanston prior to Northwestern’s inaugural game at the stadium on Oct. 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

What’s that constant beeping noise? Ryan Field neighbors sound off on alarm testing

By Claire Murphy

October 16, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

Noise and alarm concerns have taken a front seat in the complaints issued to Ryan...

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 administrative center. (Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale High School District 86 seeks members for planning group

By Pioneer Press

October 16, 2026 at 12:35 p.m.

Hinsdale High School District 86 is inviting community members to serve on its Strategic Planning...

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...

Chicago Teachers Union members march into Minnie Miñoso Academy on March 4, 2025, chanting, "Whose schools? Our schools!" (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Teachers union to petition school board over 5 ‘sticking points’ in contract negotiations

By Nell Salzman

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

The Chicago Teachers Union plans to submit the five "sticking points" preventing them from settling...

People walk past the scene where police evidence markers and bullet casings remain along 85th Street following the shooting of a student outside Perspective Leadership Campus on March 4, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Girl, 15, wounded Tuesday morning in shooting near Chatham neighborhood school

By Deanese Williams-Harris

March 4, 2025 at 5:58 p.m.

A 15-year-old girl was wounded Tuesday morning in a shooting near a middle school on...

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, arrives for a hearing of the Health, Education, and Labor Committee on her nomination, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate confirms former WWE head Linda McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down

By Annie Ma

March 3, 2025 at 5:41 p.m.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education...

Ushma Shah, who became superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97 in 2022, has received a two-year contract extension from the district. (School District 97)

Oak Park District 97 extends superintendent’s contract

By Bob Skolnik

March 3, 2025 at 4:59 p.m.

The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 board voted 5-0 to give superintendent Ushma Shah...

Prospect School principal Kristin Cummings is a finalist for the 2025 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Leadership. (Golden Apple Foundation)

Clarendon Hills principal named Golden Apple finalist

By Chuck Fieldman

March 3, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

Kristin Cummings, principal of Prospect School, has been named a finalist for the 2025 Golden...

Crete-Monee High School teacher Sarah Valerio leads a class designed to prepare students for a career in teaching. (Sarah Valerio)

Crete-Monee, TF South teachers named finalists for Golden Apple Award

By Olivia Stevens

March 3, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Sarah Valerio of Crete-Monee and Jordan Oivia from TF South high schools are Golden Apple...

State representative and Indiana University Northwest professor Vernon G. Smith (D-Gary) speaks during the annual NWI school superintendents forum at Indiana University Northwest on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

School leaders fret over state funding, tax bills

By Carole Carlson

March 3, 2025 at 10:10 a.m.

Northwest Indiana school superintendents heard a roundup Friday of education bills on the move at...

Three University of Chicago students robbed at gunpoint, police say

By Rebecca Johnson

March 1, 2025 at 4:06 p.m.

Three University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning in Hyde Park, according...

A child holds a battery-powered candle while viewing pictures of Briana Payne and her daughters, Alayna, Ava and Aurorah, during a gathering in their memory at Bailey Elementary School Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Lake Station, Indiana. The mother and children were believed to be killed by Robert Payne, the husband and father of the family, on Feb. 21, in a murder-suicide, according to police. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘They are in my heart’: Classmates, friends gather to mourn the Payne family

By Michelle L. Quinn

March 1, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Carrying a stuffie vigil organizers Circle of Love handed out to the more than 40...

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

Indiana businesses haven’t seen assessment increases that homes have, shifting the tax burden onto homeowners

By Alexandra Kukulka

March 1, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

As the Indiana General Assembly prepares to advance a property tax reform bill through the...