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Cole Rogerson works on a graphic organizer during a seventh-grade English language arts class on Sept. 25, 2026, at Hinckley Big-Rock Middle School in Big Rock. The school banned cellphones and aims for their students to do more work on paper. (Dominic Di Palermo/for the Aurora Beacon-News)

In the age of AI and social media, one west suburban school district goes analog

By Molly Morrow

October 12, 2026 at 9:27 a.m.

After instituting a cellphone ban two years ago, Hinckley-Big Rock School District 429 has now...

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...

Suraya Osman, second from right, serves Samreen Ibrahim, second from left, at a community iftar hosted by the Muslim-cultural Student Association at Northwestern University on Feb. 23, 2026, in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Muslim students at Northwestern University carve out a homey Ramadan with iftars and free meals program

By Zareen Syed

March 3, 2026 at 1:53 p.m.

The last few years have seen broad changes in the Muslim student experience at Northwestern,...

FILE – The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Supreme Court blocks law against schools outing transgender students to their parents in California

By Lindsay Whitehurst

March 2, 2026 at 8:05 p.m.

The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their...

Student cellphones are collected into a box in a classroom at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago, March 13, 2025. The school implemented a policy last year that gave students the option to place their device in a phone locker or keep their phones in their backpacks. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Lawmakers pass social media bill, cellphone school ban

By Carole Carlson

March 2, 2026 at 11:44 a.m.

The Indiana General Assembly passed several consequential education-related bills in its abbreviated session that ended...

Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Arrick Jackson shakes hands with 21st Century Charter School senior Alexis Atkins. (Carole Carlson/For the Post-Tribune)

Gary’s 21st Century Charter School cements pact with area colleges

By Carole Carlson

March 2, 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

In front of a gym full of 21st Century Charter School students on Friday, leaders...

Students walk through campus at Kennedy-King College in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood on Nov. 6, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Pritzker Traubert Foundation awards $5M Chicago Talent Challenge to City Colleges and Cook County Health

By Darcel Rockett

March 6, 2026 at 10:23 a.m.

Pritzker Traubert Foundation is awarding $5 million to train and place Chicagoans into 1,000 health...

Liam Rogers, 4, of Hobart, makes friends with comfort dog Michael during the Read to a Dog event at the Hobart branch of the Lake County Public Library. (Sue Ellen Ross/Post-Tribune)

Cuddling up with a good book and a furry friend

By Sue Ellen Ross

March 1, 2026 at 3:00 p.m.

The Read to a Dog program is usually held on Fridays after school hours. Bonner...

Lui Sarinan, 17, of Amundsen High School, raises her hand as she listens with her classmates to owner of Vietfive Coffee Anna Huynh, of Garfield Park, during the Office for Students with Disabilities Transition Fair at Malcom X College, Feb. 27, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools transition fair helps students with disabilities plan for what’s next

By Kate Armanini

February 27, 2026 at 11:22 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools hosted the Transition Fair, a two-day event that connects students with disabilities...

Waleed Atawneh, who publicly supports adding Arabic as a world language in High School District 230, speaks with another curriculum supporter Thursday after a board meeting. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Orland District 230 board disagrees on process to add Arabic language class

By Addison Wright

February 27, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

The Orland High School District 230 board spent more than an hour Thursday discussing a...

Special education teacher Jenny Gatz rallies with others outside ASPIRA Business & Finance High School in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS to transfer students out of ASPIRA charter network amid financial turmoil

By Kate Armanini

February 26, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will begin transferring about 540 students from two high schools in the...

Former Oswego High School students, from left, Natalie Grimm, Anne Marie Fish, Jillian Lake and Kala Sundstrom listen as their attorney Cass Casper speaks during a news conference on Feb. 25, 2026. The four former students are suing Oswego Community Unit School District 308 for allegedly showing a “reckless disregard for student safety” and for failing to properly investigate grooming and sexual misconduct they say they experienced at the hands of Sean Staffeldt, a former teacher and coach for football, wrestling and track. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘Terrifying and tortuous’: Former Oswego High School students sue district for allegedly failing to stop sexual harassment by teacher

By Rebecca Johnson

February 25, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

Four former students are suing the Oswego Community Unit School District 308 for allegedly failing...