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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...

Chris Mercaldo and Alex Hebda shoot pool minutes after the new student center opened Monday, April 27, 2026, at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso. Hebda, of Wheatfield, is a secondary education major. Mercaldo, of Valparaiso, is a history major planning to go into teaching. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

Ivy Tech opens student center on Valparaiso campus

By Doug Ross

April 28, 2026 at 12:32 p.m.

Students now have a place to hold club meetings, shoot pool or shoot the breeze...

The Lyons Township High School District 204 board has made more moves to sell its undeveloped Willow Springs property. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township High School district officials seek ‘qualified buyers’ for land in Willow Springs

By Jesse Wright

April 28, 2026 at 11:44 a.m.

Lyons Township High School District 204’s attempt at a land sale in Willow Springs continues...

Demonstrators head toward Butler Field during a May Day march on May 1, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘May 1 is happening.’ What to know about the CPS and teachers union May Day debate.

By baiduhai

April 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union have sparred in recent weeks over whether the...

Students at Roycemore School took part in the YWCA Evanston North Shore Stand Against Racism on April 24, 2019, on Ridge Avenue in Evanston. (Genevieve Bookwalter/Pioneer Press)

Evanston’s Roycemore School shakes up leadership amid ‘inconsistent financial performance’

By Claire Murphy

April 28, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Roycemore, an Evanston K-12 private school, has named an interim head; consultants to probe "inconsistent...

Mike Sosulski, named Lake Forest College’s 15th president last June, was formally inaugurated on April 10 during a campus ceremony. (Lake Forest College).

Lake Forest College president speaks of challenges facing higher education in his inauguration address

By Daniel I. Dorfman

April 27, 2026 at 5:21 p.m.

Lake Forest College’s new president used his inauguration to deliver a clear message: higher education...

Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort Township. (Daily Southtown staff)

Police respond to Lincoln-Way East High School after ‘hateful and concerning comments’ posted online

By Olivia Stevens

April 27, 2026 at 2:58 p.m.

Will County sheriff's deputies responded to Lincoln-Way East Monday after concerning media comments and spoke...

Bradshaw: How AI can become a scientific partner

By Gerald Bradshaw

April 27, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

Curricula and admissions systems were built for a world in which human effort was the...

David Dammon, vice president of Moraine Valley Community College Administrative Services, shows off a newly planted tree on the school’s campus during an Arbor Day planting session Friday, April 24, in Palos Hills. (Susan DeGrane/Daily Southtown)

Moraine Valley Community College kicks off sustainability effort by planting 61 trees

By Susan DeGrane

April 27, 2026 at 3:19 p.m.

Volunteers planted 61 trees at Moraine Valley Community College in an Arbor Day effort they...

Purdue Northwest Center for Innovation through Vizualization director Chenn Zhou recognizes administrators during the Steel Manufacturing Simulation and Visualization Consortium's 10th anniversary celebration on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

PNW recognizes center’s research for supporting steel industry

By Michelle L. Quinn

April 27, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

Alejandra Y. Castillo, now a Senior Fellow for Economic Development with Purdue Northwest, told a...

Owner and director of Jump Start Learning Academy, DeCarla Burton instructs preschoolers on Black History in song and play in Chicago on April 14, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Illinois educators learn how to teach Black-affirming curricula with the help of the Erikson Institute

By Darcel Rockett

April 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A cohort of 15 early childhood educators worked with the Erikson Institute to develop teaching...