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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...

Maria Montes is consoled during the dedication ceremony for a memorial garden at River Forest High School in Hobart, Indiana, June 3, 2026. Montes is the mother of Rodrigo Montes, a senior at the school, who died in a car accident earlier in the year. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘Forever in our hearts’: River Forest seniors create memorial garden for lost classmates

By Carole Carlson

June 4, 2026 at 11:59 a.m.

The River Forest High Class of 2026 was to claim their diplomas Thursday in a...

Chicago Public Schools Board of Education members meet on March 4, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

More than half of Chicago school board candidates face ballot challenges

By Kate Armanini

June 4, 2026 at 2:20 p.m.

More than half of the 51 prospective candidates for Chicago’s first fully elected school board...

FILE – Students sit on the lawn near Royce Hall at UCLA in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on April 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Trump officials went after dozens of colleges. Now they’re rewriting the rules for all of academia.

By Collin Binkley

June 4, 2026 at 7:49 a.m.

A year ago, the White House was unleashing a blitz on higher education. At one...

Third graders Layla Henry, left, and Kenzie Karban share a low five while hanging out during the last day of school at Aylesworth Elementary in Portage, Indiana, June 3, 2026. Portage Township Schools are preparing to tear down the school for a district reorganization and new building. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Aylesworth Elementary School students, staff bid teary farewell

By Doug Ross

June 3, 2026 at 2:35 p.m.

Aylesworth Elementary School students and staff in Portage went through all the last lasts Wednesday.

Makeda Walker-Deen, a junior at Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School, stands for a photo in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Trump’s Education Department is backing away from addressing civil rights for Black students

By Annie Ma

June 3, 2026 at 8:19 a.m.

Under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being...

Trinity Christian College community members leave Ozinga Chapel on the Palos Heights school's campus after a legacy celebration May 7, 2026. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Chicago Christian Schools announces plan to purchase Trinity Christian College campus

By Olivia Stevens

September 8, 2026 at 9:43 a.m.

Chicago Christian Schools said it has an investment effort to buy the 60-acre Trinity Christian...

Yadira Escamilla at her church, Unity Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on June 2, 2026. Escamilla alleges in a recently filed lawsuit that Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness and A-Alert Security Services failed to protect her from repeated sexual abuse and grooming in early 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘House of horrors’: Chicago woman alleges rampant abuse overlooked at South Side foster facility in lawsuit

By Rebecca Johnson

June 2, 2026 at 6:06 p.m.

A Chicago woman alleges in a lawsuit that rampant abuse was overlooked at Aunt Martha's...

Duneland School Corporation Superintendent Chip Pettit applauds during the annual NWI school superintendents forum on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. His last school board meeting in Duneland was Monday. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Duneland Board says farewell to Chip Pettit as he heads to Hinsdale

By Jim Woods

June 2, 2026 at 11:49 a.m.

Duneland School Board members showered their departing Superintendent Chip Pettit with praise at his final...

Pleasantdale Elementary School in La Grange recently was named a National Gold Star School by the National Association of Elementary School Principals. (Pleasantdale Elementary School)

Schools in La Grange, Oak Park earn National Gold Star status

By Chuck Fieldman

June 2, 2026 at 11:09 a.m.

Pleasantdale Elementary School in La Grange and St. Giles School in Oak Park were among...

Anthony Oberman hands keys to Noah Miller so he can complete the detailing job of his wife’s work car in St. John, Indiana Saturday May 30, 2026. Miller, 21, is the owner of Mr. Miller’s Mobile Detailing and was one of 18 local entrepreneurs recently recognized after completing IU Northwest’s SEED and Indiana University’s Innovates programs. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Entrepreneurs learn valuable skills through IUN business program

By Alexandra Kukulka

June 1, 2026 at 4:12 p.m.

Recently, 10 entrepreneurs completed Indiana University Northwest’s Supporting and Empowering Entrepreneurial Development program. The SEED...