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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...

Educators at Hinsdale Middle School were among those from District 181 who earned Those Who Excel awards from the Illinois State Board of Education. (Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills schools fare well in state report card

By Chuck Fieldman

November 1, 2024 at 4:38 p.m.

Of the district’s nine schools, six — Elm, Madison, Monroe, Oak, Prospect and Walker, all...

Lauren Brazel, a special education teacher at Tinley Park High School, before a Nov. 1, 2024, assembly recognizing her as the grand prize winner in the Kleenex Heroes of the Classroom contest. (Mike Nolan / Daily Southtown)

Tinley Park teacher wins national award, calls helping special needs kids ‘truly what I wanted to do my entire life’

By Mike Nolan

November 1, 2024 at 3:36 p.m.

Lauren Brazel, a special education teacher at Tinley Park High School, receives a grand prize...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, right, speaks with temporary Chair Michilla Blaise following the monthly meeting at the Colman CPS Administrative Building in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

At accusatory school board meeting following president’s resignation, no decision on fate of CPS CEO

By Nell Salzman

November 1, 2024 at 6:14 p.m.

A newly appointed Chicago school board did not hold a closed meeting to address personnel...

The Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson arrives for the Chicago Board of Education’s monthly agenda review meeting on Oct. 24, 2024. Johnson, who was recently by Mayor Brandon Johnson as the school board's president, resigned on Thursday. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s school board president, under fire for controversial social media posts, resigns

By Jeremy Gorner

October 31, 2024 at 7:27 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson's school board president resigned after coming under fire for controversial social media...

A former Dunbar Vocational Career Academy student stands near the school on Oct. 29, 2024. The student is suing a former security guard and the Chicago Board of Education alleging that school employees' failure to protect him and investigate misconduct led to repeated sexual assaults by the guard. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Former Dunbar Career Academy student sues Chicago Board of Ed, alleging it failed to protect him from sexual abuse by security guard

By Rebecca Johnson

October 31, 2024 at 2:03 p.m.

The teen lays part of the blame for the repeated sexual abuse he experienced as...

Gov. JB Pritzker announces a new “Help Stop Hate” initiative during a news conference on Oct. 30, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Pritzker questions vetting, aldermen ask for resignation of newly appointed school board president

By Nell Salzman

October 31, 2024 at 9:45 a.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker and more than two dozen aldermen criticized Mayor Brandon Johnson for not...

Matthew Palcer, principal of Centennial Elementary School in Bartlett since 2021, has been placed on administrative leave. School District U-46 has not disclosed the reason behind his removal. (School District U-46)

Bartlett elementary principal placed on leave by U-46; second Bartlett principal to face such action

By Mike Danahey

November 26, 2024 at 9:05 a.m.

Matthew Palcer, principal of Centennial Elementary School in Bartlett, was placed on administrative leave effective...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Oct. 4, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Mailers for school board race go negative — from Project 2025 to attacks on the mayor

By Nell Salzman

October 30, 2024 at 8:13 p.m.

In recent weeks, a new kind of mailer has been piling up on doorsteps across...

Teacher Abbie Shah helps sixth grader Jack Doyle, 11, during math class at Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge on Oct. 29, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois school report cards show graduation and literacy rates at record highs, but math woes prompt state plan

By Sarah Macaraeg

October 30, 2024 at 5:12 p.m.

The graduation rate among Illinois students hit a historic high, of nearly 88%, last school...

Students work on long division math problems during a sixth grade class, Oct. 29, 2024, at Lincoln Middle School in Park Ridge. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois school report cards 2024: Search elementary and middle school results in Chicago and the suburbs

By Kori Rumore

October 30, 2024 at 11:11 a.m.

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness, or IAR, has been the state’s federally mandated measurement of students’...