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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 site of a planned John Deere site is located just southwest of Interstate 65 is seen from Indiana 2 in South Lake County by the Hebron and Lowell exits. (Anna Ortiz/Post-Tribune)

Lake County Council eyeing John Deere development fee for Lowell

By Alexandra Kukulka

April 10, 2026 at 5:09 p.m.

Lowell Fire Department and Tri-Creek School Corporation are two of the beneficiaries of a $435,000...

Valparaiso University Space Program President Kenny Blanton points out a test board as they explain the construction of the BCON-2 satellite in the program's clean room, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The test board allows the team to verify software functions before communicating with the actual BCON-2 satellite, which launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on March 30. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso University students have a hand in satellite payload

By Shelley Jones

April 10, 2026 at 11:53 a.m.

The Valparaiso University Satellite Team watched a launch of 119 satellites that included a payload...

Demonstrators and labor union workers gather for a commemoration event at the Haymarket Memorial, 151 N. Desplaines St., after a May Day rally and march, May 1, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Will CPS cancel school for CTU ‘Day of Action’ May 1? CEO said no, but decision in limbo.

By Kate Armanini

April 9, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King rejected a request from the teachers union to cancel...

FILE – Students take a test during a class at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

For second time, President Donald Trump seeks to eliminate federal funding for tribal colleges and universities

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER

April 9, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

For the second year in a row, the Trump administration is proposing slashing federal funding...

Construct Club members took a field trip to the Tolleston Opportunity Campus to tour the project in Gary Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune).

Kids tour Tolleston Opportunity Campus site for glimpse of the future

By Doug Ross

April 10, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

Construct Club members toured the Tolleston Opportunity Campus site under construction in Gary to get...

Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden listens in during the Chicago Board of Education meeting, April 8, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Chicago school board approves resolution against federal tax-credit scholarship program

By Kate Armanini

April 8, 2026 at 7:04 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education approved a resolution Wednesday calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to...

Doug Taylor, a representative of SEIU Local 73, opposes a private custodian contract at the District 130 school board meeting April 7, 2026. (SEIU Local 73)

District 130 board approves outside contract despite custodian protest

By Addison Wright

April 8, 2026 at 3:45 p.m.

District 130 will spend $150,000 on an outside custodian contract as the union and district...

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was ‘blindsided’ by his ouster

By Scott Bauer

April 8, 2026 at 5:37 p.m.

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman told The Associated Press in his first interview...

Eve L. Ewing, left, interviews author Dorothy Roberts during a reading and discussion of Roberts' new book, "The Mixed Marriage Project," at Women & Children First bookstore, Feb. 25, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

‘Mixed Marriage Project’ charts decades of Black-white marital unions in Chicago

By Darcel Rockett

April 8, 2026 at 5:15 a.m.

In Dorothy Roberts' latest book, "The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race and...

More than 60 volunteers joined a recent cleanup effort at the Riverside Christian School in Hammond, which opens in August. The school once housed Spohn Middle School at 4925 Sohl Ave. (Photo provided by Riverside Christian)

Hammond Riverside Christian school hosting tours, sets August opening

By Carole Carlson

April 7, 2026 at 1:47 p.m.

Hammond Riverside Christian, a new K-5 private school, forged by an alliance between three Lake County Christian...