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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 12, 2026 at 10:53 a.m.

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

Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford speaks among supporters on Feb. 17, 2026, about the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Formula at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois lawmakers push university funding overhaul amid regional enrollment drops and U. of I. opposition

By Jack O'Connor

March 24, 2026 at 11:29 a.m.

As enrollments drop at so-called directional universities, lawmakers are pushing a revised higher ed funding...

Students on the new University of Illinois at Chicago Circle campus, circa 1965. (Chicago’s American)

Today in Chicago History: ‘Circle campus’ at University of Illinois opens

By Kori Rumore

February 22, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 22, according...

Lake Central Assistant Superintendent Sarah Castenada was named the successor to retiring school chief Larry Veracco at a Feb. 17 school board meeting. (Photo provided by Lake Central School Corp.)

Sarah Castenada named new Lake Central school chief

By Carole Carlson

February 21, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

The Lake Central School Board has named Assistant Superintendent Sarah Castenada to succeed retiring school...

Student’s cellphones in a box, in a classroom at Disney II Magnet School in Chicago, Thursday, March 13, 2025. Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed restrictions on cellphone usage among students in schools, but students in Hinsdale already have restrictions on cellphone use in the classroom. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘Hang up and hang out’: Cellphone use restricted for students at Hinsdale schools

By Chuck Fieldman

February 21, 2026 at 5:03 a.m.

Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 and Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 have limits...

Cindi Camacho has taught at the ASPIRA Business & Finance High School for eight years. The school, in the Avondale neighborhood, is one of two high schools that may have to close next month as the charter operator is facing bankruptcy. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Families, teachers in limbo as ASPIRA charter schools face closure

By Kate Armanini

February 22, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

The charter network ASPIRA has announced it is facing a $4.8 million deficit, and could...

People walk on campus at the University of Chicago on Feb 20, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

University of Chicago quietly cuts ties with partnership that helps students of color attain Ph.D.s

By Hope Moses

February 20, 2026 at 3:20 p.m.

The University of Chicago is among 31 universities nationwide to cut ties with The Ph.D....

Dr. Jeff Butts, new Executive Director of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, was the keynote speaker at the NWI Superintendents’ Forum at IU Northwest on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

NWI superintendents get up to speed on education-related legislation

By Carole Carlson

February 20, 2026 at 1:02 p.m.

Jeff Butts, the new executive director of the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents, delivered...

Waubonsee Community College students will see a slight increase in tuition beginning in the fall. (Kalyn Belsha/The Beacon-News)

Waubonsee Community College to increase tuition slightly starting in the fall

By Aurora Beacon-News

February 20, 2026 at 8:54 a.m.

Starting in fall 2026, Waubonsee's in-district and online tuition rate will go from $141 to...

Valintina Banisalman sells hand made scarves at the recent Youth Entrepreneur Fair at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Young entrepreneurs get a market for their ideas at Moraine Valley Community College

By Janice Neumann

February 18, 2026 at 1:45 p.m.

The Youth Entrepreneur Fair at Moraine Valley Community College featured dozens of young people selling...

FILE - This combination of photos shows logos of X, formerly known as Twitter, top left; Snapchat, top right; Facebook, bottom left; and TikTok, bottom right. Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health released Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Bill targeting degree cuts, social media passes Indiana House

By Carole Carlson

February 18, 2026 at 1:23 p.m.

A bill that includes two dissimilar issues — college degree elimination and social media restrictions...