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Hinsdale Middle School is pictured in 2015. (Brett Johnson/Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills ranked among best k-12 schools in state

By Pioneer Press

October 12, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has been recognized as one of the state's premier public...

A handgun and loaded magazine were found inside a backpack in an Evanston Township High School student’s gym locker on Oct. 9, 2026, according to school administrators. The 17-year-old student who possessed the gun has since been taken to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. (Brian Cox/for the Pioneer Press).

Handgun, loaded magazine found in Evanston Township High School student’s backpack

By Claire Murphy

October 12, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Evanston police said the 17-year-old male student who had the gun has since been taken...

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...

McClure Junior High students use the newly renovated fitness room at the school in Western Springs. The renovation was funded by a $33,700 grant from the Western Springs Foundation of Educational Excellence. (Dina Castillo)

Western Springs students get a chin up on fitness thanks to $33K grant

By Chuck Fieldman

January 21, 2026 at 5:04 a.m.

McClure Junior High in Western Springs renovated its fitness room thanks to the Western Springs...

Former Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton, center, arrives at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 23, 2025, to be arraigned on federal charges of fraud stemming from the time Horton was in charge of the school district. On Oct. 5, 2026, Horton pleaded guilty to three of the 16 charges he faces to lower the length of his sentence. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Former Evanston-Skokie D65 school superintendent Devon Horton arrested in Georgia, per police

By Pioneer Press

January 23, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

Former Evanston-Skokie D65 school superintendent Devon Horton has been arrested in Georgia on a domestic...

Crown Point Community Library is shown in January 2023. (John Smierciak/Post-Tribune)

Indiana Senate committee passes township merger, library budget bills

By Maya Wilkins

January 20, 2026 at 1:59 p.m.

The Indiana Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee passed multiple bills to the Senate floor,...

Catherine McNeil, left, Sebastian Longstreet, Chidinma Ahukanna and Rachel Raines paint signs during City Year Chicago’s MLK Day of Service at Morgan Park High School on Jan. 19, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

At MLK Day of Service, volunteers join to beautify Morgan Park High School

By Madeline King

January 19, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

Around 550 volunteers joined more than 200 City Year Chicago AmeriCorps members for the day...

Destiny Singleton, a senior at Ogden International High School, is an honorary student member of the Chicago Board of Education and will attend Stanford University in the fall, Jan. 15, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS honorary student board member on her tenure: ‘Speak when you’re scared’

By Kate Armanini

January 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Destiny Singleton stood inside a Garfield Park church last November. Every seat was filled for...

Porter County Public Library System Director Jesse Butz shows how the four libraries in the county system are starting to group books by genre instead of the Dewey decimal system to improve the customer experience. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

User experience changing for Porter County library patrons

By Doug Ross

January 18, 2026 at 1:38 p.m.

Digital borrowing is proving popular for many patrons as libraries strive to improve the customer...

Second graders Kaylani Sanders, 8, (left) and Aujuniquen Rice 8, read the books that they picked out for their moms during the 2nd Annual Mother’s Day Book Give Away hosted by the School House Children Charity at Glen Park Academy in Gary on Friday, May 10, 2024. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana DOE, Notre Dame link to win federal literacy grant

By Carole Carlson

January 18, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

The Indiana Department of Education, in partnership with the University of Notre Dame, has received...

Children from local Catholic schools listen as an announcement is made of a major fundraising campaign to support Catholic education and faith in the Archdiocese of Chicago at St. Stanislaus Kostka School, June 5, 2013. (Jose M. Osorio/ baiduhai)

St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy to close after 151 years

By Hope Moses

January 16, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

After 151 years in Chicago, St. Stanislaus Kostka Academy said it will close its doors...

FILE – Education Secretary Linda McMahon speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default

By Collin Binkley

January 16, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

The Trump administration is delaying its plans to withhold pay from student loan borrowers who...

The Lincoln Park High School Local School Council meets in front of an audience at the school's auditorium on Feb. 13, 2020, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

CPS short thousands of applications for Local School Councils less than a week before deadline

By Kate Armanini

January 16, 2026 at 10:12 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools has received less than half of the thousands of applications it needs...