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The East Aurora School District Administrative Center is at 310 Seminary Ave. in Aurora. (R. Christian Smith/The Beacon-News)

Fewer than half of East Aurora elementary and middle school students on track in reading and math, data shows

By Molly Morrow

October 11, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

The district says it's taking steps to address gaps in student readiness like offering professional...

Chicago school board incumbent Karen Zaccor District 4A, left, with challengers Ellen Sherratt, center, and Angel Alvarez respond to a questions during a forum in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood, Oct. 5, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the baiduhai)

A North Side race tests competing visions for Chicago’s new elected school board

By Kate Armanini

October 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Two North Side candidates are in a race that has become a microcosm of a...

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...

The campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photos/Leah Willingham)

Hampshire College, which counts filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, is closing later this year

By Leah Willingham

April 15, 2026 at 7:31 a.m.

Hampshire College, which includes award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced on Tuesday...

Ald. Pat Dowell, 3rd, speaks to University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno during the announcement of Scitopia Chicago at Fossil Lab in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood, April 14, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

U. of C. paleontologist announces plans for Washington Park science center focused on teen education

By Madeline King

April 15, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

The more than 45,000-square-foot center planned for the Washington Park neighborhood will be free for...

Bicyclists pass the Chicago Theological Seminary on the campus of the University of Chicago on April 14, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago Theological Seminary stops admitting new students as financial pressure grows

By Rebecca Johnson

April 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Theological Seminary has stopped admitting new students in its degree programs amid mounting...

Tony Sanders, superintendent of Illinois State Board of Education, at the ISBE West Loop offices on March 13, 2023. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Proposed changes to state’s school accountability system face pushback

By Kate Armanini

April 14, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

The Illinois State Board of Education plans to eliminate several measures from its school rating...

ELKA Child Educational Center director Ashley Eaves smiles as a parent talks about her children's time attending the program on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Gov. Mike Braun announced he is expanding funding for early child care, particularly for low-income families. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana infuses $200 million into child care, adding 14,000 children to program

By Carole Carlson

April 14, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

Child care providers voiced relief after Gov. Mike Braun announced $200 million would be pumped...

A bodycam picture of the water gun Portage Police confiscated after receiving calls Friday, April 10, 2026, about a man with a handgun outside a gym, in what police said was a high school game of "Senior Assassin." (Portage Police Department)

Portage senior arrested after water gun mistaken for firearm in ‘assassin’ game

By Amy Lavalley

April 14, 2026 at 1:23 p.m.

A Portage High School senior faces a felony intimidation charge after police said a game...

Kirsten Cerdenia, a seventh grader at Liberty Junior High School in Burbank, is greeted with glitter confetti and applause from staff at her school after she won the South Cook Intermediate Service Center Spelling Bee Championship for the fourth consecutive year. She will compete in May in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. (School District 111)

Burbank spelling champ has been winning bees for years and now will compete In Washington, D.C.

By Janice Neumann

April 14, 2026 at 12:18 p.m.

Kirsten Cerdenia a seventh grader at Liberty Junior High in Burbank, is going in May...

Indiana University Northwest neuroscience major Mina Mahmood describes images used in her research into less invasive ways to detect Alzheimer's on Thursday, April 9, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

IUN neuroscience student participated in Alzheimer’s detection research

By Maya Wilkins

April 12, 2026 at 2:22 p.m.

Mina Mahmood was part of a Datawiz-IN, a student research project that promotes health data...

Valparaiso University's Chapel of the Resurrection. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso University to inaugurate new degree at GIS event

By Doug Ross

April 12, 2026 at 1:51 p.m.

Geographic information science professionals gather at Valparaiso University April 17 to discuss the ethics of...

Cardinal Blase Cupich helps lead a procession through the streets around Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Melrose Park following an outdoor Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 18, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Archdiocese accuses CPS of ending disability support funding in Catholic schools

By Kate Armanini

April 10, 2026 at 7:27 p.m.

The Archdiocese of Chicago accused Chicago Public Schools on Friday of abruptly ending instructional support...