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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...

Steel City wins state tutoring grant support

By Carole Carlson

December 2, 2025 at 2:55 p.m.

Gary’s Steel City Academy charter school has received state Indiana Learns funding for ILEARN tutoring...

Rev. Brian E. Konkol has been named as Valparaiso University's 20th president, effective Jan. 1, 2026. (Valparaiso University/provided)

Ordained minister announced as Valparaiso University’s 20th president

By Amy Lavalley

December 2, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

An ordained minister and dean at Syracuse University will begin his tenure as Valparaiso University's...

Northwestern University’s Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center, which houses the Simpson-Querrey Biomedical Research Center in Chicago, on Dec. 2, 2025. Federal research funding is scheduled to be restored to Northwestern after the university accepted a deal with the White House. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Northwestern deal with Trump administration divides students, faculty

By Kate Armanini

December 2, 2025 at 5:46 p.m.

Northwestern's deal with President Trump restores nearly $800 million in research funding and halts probes...

The Chicago Public Schools emblem is on its headquarters on West Madison Street in Chicago, seen on July 10, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

More CPS students are graduating high school, but finishing college is a challenge

By Kate Armanini

December 2, 2025 at 6:47 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools students are graduating high school at near record-high rates, but only half...

Union Township School Corporation superintendent Leigh Barnes speaks during an interview on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Union Township’s small school charm drew new school chief Leigh Barnes

By Carole Carlson

November 30, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

In March, the Union Township school board unanimously named Leigh Barnes to replace longtime superintendent...

School District 230 Superintendent Robert Nolting speaks at a board meeting on Aug. 28, 2025. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Orland District 230 finds ‘attendance matters’ campaign reducing chronic absenteeism

By Addison Wright

November 30, 2025 at 5:05 a.m.

Last year, about 19% of High School District 230 students at Sandburg, Andrew and Stagg,...

People make their way through the Northwestern University campus in Evanston on Aug. 27, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Northwestern agrees to $75 million fine to settle Trump dispute

By Kate Armanini

November 28, 2025 at 8:35 p.m.

Northwestern’s $75 million settlement, to be paid over three years, is the second-highest amount agreed...

The University of Michigan football stadium is shown in Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 13, 2020. (Paul Sancya/AP)

Bradshaw: Who really reads your college application?

By Gerald Bradshaw

November 28, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

At top schools, the people who read and vote on applications come from wildly different...

Dan Jarvis, art gallery coordinator at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, stands with paintings by Canadian artist Pamela Dodds for “Something I Want To Tell You,” an exhibit in the college’s Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery. The gallery is accepting applications for artists to display their work in 2026-27. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Moraine Valley’s DeCaprio Art Gallery ramping up for 2026 season at ‘cultural gem right in our backyard’

By Melinda Moore

November 28, 2025 at 5:07 a.m.

Moraine Valley's DeCaprio Art Gallery is starting the process for setting its exhibitions for 2006,...

Sebastian White, founder and executive director of The Evolved Network, and his daughter Ever Klimovich-White, deliver meal kits to students, Nov. 20, 2025, at the Jesuit Academy of Chicago in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. White, a trained psychotherapist, uses his organization to work with youth who are gang-involved, struggling or labeled as at-risk. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Maple brown butternut squash anyone? The Evolved Network meets Chicago students where they are with food kits.

By Darcel Rockett

November 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Chef Sebastian White has been cooking his version of healing with youth for years. Now...