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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...

Lake County-based virtual school serves thousands in Illinois: ‘It offers choices that meet their needs’

By Steve Sadin

December 29, 2025 at 9:59 a.m.

The Illinois Virtual Schools & Academy served 6,374 students during the 2024-2025 school year, meeting...

Brothers Adam and Josiah Jackson, of Gary, build a slingshot pyramid Thursday at the Holiday Help Fair at the Gary Public Library. (Carole Carlson/For the Post-Tribune)

Holiday Help Fair gives resources to parents, projects, books to kids

By Carole Carlson

December 23, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

Gary students and parents got a jump start on their two-week winter break Dec. 19...

Central Middle School in Evergreen, part of Evergreen Park Elementary District 124 (Daily Southtown staff)

Evergreen Park Elementary District 124 pulls plan for facilities referendum

By Olivia Stevens

December 22, 2025 at 3:21 p.m.

Community feedback led Evergreen Park District 124 to cancel a referendum to replace Central Middle...

Chicago Board of Education President Sean Harden stands after a meeting at CPS headquarters on June 11, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

CPS board president pulls property tax hike amid city’s budget fight

By Kate Armanini

December 22, 2025 at 3:07 p.m.

Board of Education President Sean Harden pulled a proposed property tax hike from the school...

High winds peeled back the roof at McCullough Academy, 3757 W. 21st Ave. in Gary, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Gary Community Schools/provided)

Cash reserves rescue Gary school budget shortfall

By Carole Carlson

December 22, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

The Gary School Board agreed Thursday to dip into its cash reserves to cover more...

Associate Pastor Joseph L. Morrow, at Fourth Presbyterian Church, center, prays as he stands with other Chicago-area pastors in the lobby of the County Building on Dec. 15, 2025, to demand action to reverse increases in home property taxes. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Cook County property tax troubles trigger school district losses, reform demands

By A.D. Quig

December 22, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Cook County suburban school districts are begging to receive their share of property tax revenues...

FILE – Guests walk on the campus of Indiana University, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Senate bill would reverse law, restore IU alumni votes on trustees

By Carole Carlson

December 21, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.

A proposed state Senate bill would restore the right of Indiana University alumni to select...

Dionne Mhoon stands in front of the former John G. Shedd Elementary School in Chicago’s Roseland neighborhood on Dec. 15, 2025. Mhoon and her nonprofit, Peace for Preston, plan to turn the shuttered CPS building into a community center in honor of her daughter, slain Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

CPS finds buyers for 3 closed schools, but repurposing remains a challenge

By Kate Armanini

December 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

More than two dozen Chicago Public Schools properties remain vacant. Some have been sold, but...

This image provided by Providence Police Dept. shows surveillance images of Claudio Neves Valente, a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University. (Providence Police Dept. via AP)

A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break in investigations into the Brown and MIT shootings

By Leah Willingham

December 19, 2025 at 7:24 p.m.

Investigators are still trying to figure out much of what Claudio Neves Valente was doing...

Caesar Gaytan, a senior at Carl Sandburg High School, speaks against the pilot program for Club America, a high school affiliate of Turning Point USA. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Some Carl Sandburg students speak out against a Turning Point USA club

By Addison Wright

December 19, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

Students opposed to a Turning Point USA affiliate at Carl Sandburg brought their concern to...