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Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, from left, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

More than $12.8 million flows in Chicago school board races

By Kate Armanini

October 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Millions of dollars are flowing into the races for Chicago’s first fully elected school board,...

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...

Mateo Temple, 4, watches a program on a phone as his mother, Anita Guaman, left, a teacher, listens to speakers during a Board of Education monthly meeting at a Chicago Public Schools administrative office on Dec. 12, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

December Chicago Board of Education meeting: Live updates

By Sarah Macaraeg

December 13, 2024 at 1:50 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education will meet Thursday evening. Follow live updates by Tribune education...

Mealworm found on lunch room table in Dolton-Calumet City District 149

By Olivia Stevens

December 12, 2024 at 6:39 p.m.

Dolton-Calumet City Elementary School District 149 informed parents a mealworm was found on a table...

Teresa Hannon, counselor and professor in the Counseling and Career Development Center at Moraine Valley Community College, helps restock the college's Project Care Food Pantry, which recently expanded with the help of a grant from Northwestern Medicine. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Moraine Valley expands pantry, ability to foster students’ food security

By Janice Neumann

December 12, 2024 at 2:02 p.m.

A Northwestern Medicine grant helped Moraine Valley Community College expand resource for students experiencing food...

Chicago Teachers Union Charter Division Vice Chair Caroline Rutherford yells at Acero Schools board members as they exit the meeting during public comment after people spoke against the closure of seven Acero schools during the charter network's board of directors meeting at Idar Elementary in Chicago's Gage Park neighborhood on Dec. 11, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

No response from Acero charter school leaders on planned school closures

By Nell Salzman

December 12, 2024 at 2:15 p.m.

Acero charter school leadership said nothing at a packed board meeting of parents, teachers, students...

Dr. Jill Baren speaking at her October 2022 ceremony heralding her inauguration as Lake Forest College president. On Dec.10, LFC Chairman Bill Lowry informed the community Baren was no longer with the college

Lake Forest College president has left after 2 1/2-years, officials announce

By Daniel I. Dorfman

December 13, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

After roughly 2 ½ years on the job, Dr. Jill Baren is out as Lake...

Dowling Legacy and Retirement presents Orland Park fifth grade teacher Julie Drew with a check Dec. 11, 2024, covering her home's mortgage payment for one year. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Teacher battling cancer at Orland Park’s Kruse school receives a year of mortgage payments

By Olivia Stevens

December 11, 2024 at 4:32 p.m.

Dowling Legacy and Retirement surprised Julie Drew, a teacher a Kruse Education Center in Orland...

Ethan Hutton shakes hands with Valparaiso Board of Education Vice President Jennifer Bognar before receiving his diploma during commencement ceremonies at Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana Wednesday June 1, 2022. Hutton graduated with highest distinction. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

New Indiana diploma gains consensus, state approval

By Carole Carlson

December 11, 2024 at 3:09 p.m.

The State Board of Education approved the redesigned Indiana high school diploma Wednesday after months...

An architectural rendering depicts the main athletic area at a new fieldhouse planned at Oak Lawn Community High School. The facility will consolidate the school's athletics and physical education programs as well as offer access for community programs. (School District 229)

Oak Lawn Community High School plans $40M fieldhouse

By Janice Neumann

December 11, 2024 at 2:14 p.m.

A new $40 million sports complex at Oak Lawn Community High School will consolidate school...

A student runs past the Chicago Public Schools central office at 42 W. Madison St. on Oct. 31, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Training for newly-elected Board of Education members postponed without explanation

By Nell Salzman

December 11, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Several newly elected members expressed frustration Tuesday afternoon for the late notice and for not...

Hobart Superintendent Peggy Buffington was interviewed Anderson Cooper for a podcast during his visit for a "60 Minutes" segment earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of the School City of Hobart)

’60 Minutes’ spotlights Hobart High’s Khanmigo adventure

By Carole Carlson

December 11, 2024 at 10:56 a.m.

Hobart High is still basking in the real glow of Sunday’s “60 Minutes” appearance that...