5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (502+ words) The union representing lunchroom workers in Chicago Public Schools unveiled a pledge Tuesday asking Board of Education candidates to commit to better pay and staffing as contract negotiations continue to stall. UNITE Here Local 1’s pledge asks Board of Education…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1176+ words) Area schools are negotiating with the Indiana Department of Education over how to address instructional days lost after the Aug. 11 derecho clobbered Northwest Indiana just as many districts were planning to start their school year. Students in some of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (611+ words) UChicago medicine Hinsdale and La Grange Hospitals presented $4,000 scholarships earlier this summer to 12 area high school students, recognizing their leadership, academic achievement and interest in pursuing health care-related careers. Scholars were Lyons Township High School students Daniel Aviles Jr., Carly…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) A recent Community Over Quantum rally, during which Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke, devolved into political theater, with protesters shouting down economic development proposals and demanding the project be halted. The proposed park is not even a high-density AI data center,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (621+ words) Despite extensive staffing cuts and the shuttering of schools, Evanston-Skokie School District 65 is expected to operate its 2027 fiscal year under a roughly $5 million deficit, CFO Eric Miller voiced to a grim-faced Board at their Aug. 31 meeting. The tentative budget deficit…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (585+ words) Leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union likes to shake the couch cushions in other people’s houses looking for change to pay their bills. Illinois’ chunk of that multistate settlement is certainly a tidy sum that could help chip away at…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (687+ words) Emily Ponce-Marquez’s final semester in Elgin Community College’s welding and fabrication program will be spent in the school’s newly opened $88 million Manufacturing and Technology Center. The 150,000-square-foot building is more than three times the size of the space they had…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (668+ words) In a historic first for Chicago, all 21 school board seats will be on the November ballot. The board was previously composed of seven mayoral appointees, but is currently in a two-year transition period, split between 10 elected and 11 appointed members. Get…...