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Passengers board a Pace bus as a CTA Green Line train pulls in near the intersection of Harlem and South Boulevard in Oak Park, Friday, June 20, 2025. Students at Oak Park and River Forest High School who don't have a ride to school will have to continue to rely on public transportation after the School District 200 board renewed an expeption from a rule requiring them to provide school bus services. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Despite petition, Oak Park and River Forest High School renews school bus exemption

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

School buses are too expensive, board tells Oak Park and River Forest High students who...

Dayna Schmidt-Johnson, of Chicago, helps block the wind as organizer Idgie Kelley lights candles during a solidarity event for survivors of sexual assault at Trinity Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, Indiana, Thursday, October 8, 2026. Kelley, of Griffith, said 185 candles were lit to represent reports of sexual assault from the top five Indiana universities in 2024. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso vigil brings to light sexual assaults on college campuses

By Amy Lavalley

October 9, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

There were no megaphones, no marches, no speeches -- just tealight candles on two tables,...

Lincoln Park High School students walk out in support of "Jane Doe" and survivors of sexual violence on the “National Day of Action” on Oct. 8 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

‘We need to be speaking out’: High school, college students across Illinois protest sexual violence

By Kate Perez

October 9, 2026 at 9:08 a.m.

Students across Chicago and the state walked out of class, demonstrated, and advocated for the...

Akshara Rajan, who attended Walter Payton College Prep in part because of its Latin program, sits on a bench outside her home in Chicago on June 18, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Walter Payton College Preparatory High School to cut some Latin language programming citing budget restraints, low enrollment

By Kate Perez

June 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

At Walter Payton College Prep, one of a handful of schools offering Latin classes, CPS...

Evanston-Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner sits at a June 22 board meeting following the board's approval of her resignation from the position on June 22, 2026. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Evanston-Skokie District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner resigns, Board names replacement

By Claire Murphy

June 24, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

In yet another administrative change in a school year marked by dramatic budget cuts and...

Bradshaw: Detailed experiences can take an application from good to great

By Gerald Bradshaw

June 22, 2026 at 2:40 p.m.

The winning application does not need to be perfect, but it needs to be coherent....

Kelly Kennard, right, a volunteer with Friends of Kenwood Academy, jokes with co-workers while setting up their booth before the start of eighth grade graduation at the school on June 1, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Why more Chicago schools lean on dollars they raise independently amid budget crunch

By Mila Koumpilova

June 22, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

As CPS grapples with a massive structural deficit, more schools have leaned on private fundraising...

Attendees of the South Shore Summer Learning Conference discuss classroom discipline strategies recently. More than 200 teachers from Lake and Porter Counties attended. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Learning conference focuses on effective technology use in classrooms

By Michelle L. Quinn

June 22, 2026 at 9:13 a.m.

Teachers instead should be "crystal clear" on how they want their students to use the...

Some party labels now attached to Lake, Porter school board races

By Carole Carlson

June 21, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

In Lake County, 18 of 45 school board candidates took advantage of a new law...

Lutheran Logos Academy, Northwest Indiana’s only Lutheran high school, will be launched at Heritage Lutheran Church in Valparaiso in August. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

First Lutheran high school in Northwest Indiana is starting small

By Doug Ross

June 21, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

The new Lutheran Logos Academy in Valparaiso is the latest attempt to bring a Lutheran...

Aco Sikoski, chancellor at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso, speaks at a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 27, 2026. Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus forged an agreement to establish a data center academy program. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

At PNW, Ivy Tech, data center academies aim to fill job pipeline; Microsoft signs pact

By Carole Carlson

June 20, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus will establish a data center academy where students can...

Brenda Lee Anderson stands outside of Ogden Elementary School on June 19, 2026, in Chicago. She is running for the District 6A seat on the Chicago Board of Education. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

‘Should I have done this?’: Dozens of candidates fight to stay on Chicago’s school board ballot

By Kate Armanini

June 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Among the 51 people vying for a seat on the Chicago Board of Education in...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. She was recently in Indianapolis to announce a waiver for the state from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Education. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Indiana says new federal education waiver will ease reporting burden, provide flexibility

By Carole Carlson

June 19, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Indiana received a waiver from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions...