Education
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No school in Waukegan ThursdayOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - With less than a week to go before Election Day, Gov. Pat Quinn Wednesday moved to intervene in the nearly monthlong Waukegan teacher strike, telling Illinois State Boar...
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New Woodlands head of school:Oct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart board of trustees voted unanimously to appoint Margaret (Meg) Steele to become the next head of school, succeeding Gerald Grossman ...
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Kane County launches, plans to expand peer jury programOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - A high school freshman got caught stealing her friend's iPhone 6 Plus because her own phone got taken away by her parents. But instead of going before a judge in juvenil...
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Our Lady of Destiny School in Des Plaines closing next yearOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Our Lady of Destiny Catholic School in Des Plaines is one of nine Catholic elementary schools in Cook and Lake counties closing their doors at the end of the school year...
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Funding plan punishes successful schoolsOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - Recently proposed legislation, Senate Bill 16 offers a new funding formula that attempts to address disparities in the state of Illinois's school funding formula. I sup...
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Stevenson High honored:Oct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Stevenson High School's information and learning center has been honored by the School Library Journal's inaugural "Build Something Bold" design contest. The space won t...
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U of I fraternity to meet with school officials about signOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Members of a University of Illinois fraternity are expected to meet with the administration soon to discuss a sign they posted during homecoming weeke...
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Waukegan school board meeting boils overOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Chaos and yelling ended a school board meeting Tuesday night in Waukegan, where teachers have been on strike since Oct. 2. Waukegan Unit District 60 parents, students an...
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U-46 appoints new special ed director, aims to revamp servicesOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board recently appointed Leatrice Satterwhite as the district's director of specialized student services. Satterwhite has ser...
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Warren High choir concert:Oct 28, 2014 1:01 am - Warren Township High School choir students will perform in concert Thursday, Oct. 30, in the auditorium at the O'Plaine Campus, 500 N. O'Plaine Road, Gurnee. Nearly 150 ...