The state’s expulsion law resulted in 11 Board of Education discussions and votes between the Aug. 27 and Feb. 11 board meetings in Waukegan, where disciplinary suggestions of Superinendent Theresa Plascencia were ratified.
Allan DiCastro, who attended Prairie State College in the 1980s, established a $100K scholarship for Chicago Heights students.
Schools, colleges and states that require students to be immunized against COVID-19 may be at risk of losing federal money under a White House order signed Friday by President Donald Trump.
Among the OPRF alumni given Tradition of Excellence awards were an Olympic medalist, a World War II hero and a U.S. major general.
Senator J.D. Ford, D-Indianapolis, attempted to amend a bill making school board elections partisan to only include a pay raise for board members, but that amendment failed Thursday. Senate Bill 287, authored by Sen. Gary Byrne, R-Byrneville, Sen. Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, and Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, would change the school board election process to that […]
Northwestern University in Evanston announced actor-comedian Steve Carell will deliver its 2025 commencement speech.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez is on a shortlist of candidates vying to become the superintendent of Nevada’s Clark County Public Schools in Las Vegas.
Hiring the outside financial firm means Chicago Public Schools is likely in need of solutions to pay the for a new teachers contract a $175 million pension payment for nonteacher staff.
Oak Park and River Forest High School officials said the disproportionate rate of suspension of Black students is not evidence of bias.
Hinsdale Middle School teacher Kelly Pelak will receive $10,000 from the National Science Foundation and a trip to Washington, D.C.