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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...

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., speaks during a Republican Indiana gubernatorial candidate forum in Carmel, Indiana, Jan. 25, 2024. (Michael Conroy/AP)

Braun’s tax plan takes millions from schools

By Carole Carlson

February 7, 2025 at 7:13 p.m.

The growing public school districts of Crown Point and Lake Central stand to lose the...

FILE – The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Elon Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers’ personal information

By Collin Binkley

February 7, 2025 at 4:54 p.m.

Democrats are pushing back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its...

Tanisha Driver-Bender stands in from of the completed Black History Month display she donated to Maya Angelou Elementary School. Driver is an alumnae of Maya Angelou as well as Thornton Township High School. (Velvet Driver)

Former student donates Black History Month display to Harvey’s Maya Angelou School

By Olivia Stevens

February 7, 2025 at 6:55 a.m.

Tanisha Driver-Bender, 37, returned to Maya Angelou Elementary in Harvey to donate a Black History...

SEIU Local 73 President Dian Palmer speaks during a press conference at the union's office in Chicago on Oct. 10, 2019. (Raquel Zaldivar/baiduhai)

Illinois SEIU passes resolution declaring itself ‘under attack’ by CTU

By Talia Soglin

February 7, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

The union has condemned a contract proposal by the teachers union that SEIU said would...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez speaks about the recommendations from a third-party fact-finder, aimed at helping the district settle on a contract with the Chicago Teachers Union, during a news conference at CPS Headquarters in downtown Chicago on Feb. 6, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Chicago schools chief Pedro Martinez asserts no need for teachers strike following release of fact-finder’s report

By Ikram Mohamed

February 7, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

The teachers union's rejection of the fact-finder report opens the door for a strike as...

Chicago Public Schools security video shows CPS officials talking with Secret Service agents and eventually denying them entry to Hamline Elementary School in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on Jan. 24, 2025. (Chicago Public Schools)

CPS security video shows Secret Service trying to enter Hamline Elementary School

By Caroline Kubzansky

February 6, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.

CPS security video shows Secret Service agents trying to enter Chicago's Hamline School, offering glimpse...

Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Deputy General Counsel Thad Goodchild, left, listens as CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, right, talks about recommendations from the fact-finding process in a press conference at CTU headquarters on Feb. 5, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Teachers Union rejects fact-finding report, says it’ll go back to negotiating table

By Ikram Mohamed

February 6, 2025 at 6:31 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union said it would continue negotiating a new contract with Chicago Public...

Valparaiso University senior Becca Schatte reacts as she rolls dice to build her "peasant" in an RPG during a demonstration at the grand opening of the school's Center for Games and Interactive Entertainment on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘You can do this’: Valparaiso University opens games center for career development and fun

By Shelley Jones

February 5, 2025 at 1:58 p.m.

Amid a mood of near-disbelief that it had come to being after four years of...

Oakton Community College in Des Plaines.

North suburban schools prepare for potential immigration raids

By Richard Requena

February 6, 2025 at 11:39 a.m.

North suburban school districts say they will not allow ICE agents to enter without a...

Second grader Darrell Cross, 8, (center right) holds up a book he picked for his mom during the 2nd Annual Mother’s Day Book Give Away hosted by the School House Children Charity at Glen Park Academy in Gary on Friday, May 10, 2024. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Lawmakers eye restoring A-F grades with expanded criteria

By Carole Carlson

February 4, 2025 at 11:02 p.m.

Indiana’s dormant A-F school grading assessment program is on track for an overhaul with a...