Students will be out of the classroom for a sixth day on Thursday as the Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 teacher strike continues, although the school board has presented the union with what it calls its "best and final" offer. The board pre...

Expansions at two Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 schools will begin next month after village board approved the district's plans on Monday. The additions, to help with growing enrollment, will put 10 more classrooms at Ivy Hill School and ...

Arlington Heights, IL -A brave spirit was felt all through South Middle School Friday evening in different ways, to support something pioneered in Chicago 47 years ago. Partnering with Special Olympics, Illinois, the Brave Challenge united the Arlin...

Arlington Heights, IL -Using paper, crayons, glue, pins and wind, students at Westgate Elementary in Arlington Heights spread a message so simple, yet so distant to some. Monday, September 21st was the International Day of Peace and with guidance fr...

As of Friday night, the Prospect Heights Education Association and the District 23 school board were no closer to a deal and were going into a weekend where they won't begin to negotiate again until 6 p.m. Sunday. Teachers walked out of negotiations...

The Forest Preserves of Cook County is hosting more than 100 events from Sunday, Sept. 20, to Sunday, Sept. 27, to mark its 100 years protecting and restoring the land. The inaugural event and the last event are both being held at Crabtree Nature C...

Should Northwest suburban schools start later in the morning? Should the high school students take finals before winter break? Should districts consider a year-round school calendar? Those ideas and more were the subject of a joint school board meet...

The teacher strike at Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 has canceled classes for a second day, and no new negotiating sessions are scheduled, meaning that Friday classes could also be in jeopardy. Union President Bob Miller told parents late W...

Schools will be closed Wednesday for about 1,500 students in Prospect Heights, Mount Prospect, Arlington Heights and Wheeling after Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 teachers went on strike Wednesday morning. School board President Mari-Lynn P...

As a boy, Tim Green had two dreams: playing in the NFL and becoming a best-selling author. Both of those dreams have come true. After studying writing at Syracuse University where he was an All American football player, Tim was drafted in the first ...