The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.
A school in La Grange Park was ranked 19th in the state in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Middle Schools tally.
Northwestern University was one of 60 schools warned of potential enforcement actions if they do not fulfill their obligations to protect Jewish students on campus.
Chicago Public Schools chief Pedro Martinez is alleging the firm representing the school board in an ongoing lawsuit has a conflict of interest that warrants disqualification.
The founders of a 9-figure decentralized finance business plan to use their success to help children in the villages they originally came from. Best friends Salim Elhila and Tan Gera both come from humble beginnings but have achieved a lot in their lives, starting Decentralized Masters together and building it into a global company employing 85 people across 27 countries. But they are both keen to do what they can to help children living in remote villages in India and Morocco to thrive. The pair have already assembled a task…
Property taxes, public schools, and healthcare were among the topics constituents questioned three area legislators about during a packed town hall meeting Saturday in Highland.
The Calumet City school board said an anonymous letter alleged Lamarr Miller was investigated for inappropriate contact with students.
Exposed information includes students’ names, dates of birth, gender, student identification numbers and Medicaid identification numbers.
Scholars around the world who depend on State Department funding to participate in long-established programs like Fulbright say their payments have been abruptly cut off after getting a notice that officials were reviewing their activities.
President Donald Trump’s executive actions to attack diversity, equity and inclusion don’t have the force of law, University of South Carolina law professor Kevin Brown emphasized, so it’s been shocking to see the speed at which universities, nonprofits and even the business community have moved to end DEI initiatives.