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CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH Highland Park 57, Maine West 29 Niles North 68, Vernon Hills 44 Maine East at Niles West, 7:00 ...

The president wants to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Most school funding is local, as are policy decisions. But ...

Sledding is the perfect activity for when you've got to get the kids out of the house or go crazy on a wintry Chicago day. Visiting one of our favorite sledding hills in Chicago means you are never ...

About 700 of Chicago’s students with disabilities attended the fair last month, where they learned about college preparation ...

Schools around the U.S. are closing due to surges of flu and other illnesses, which are sickening students and staff. Here's ...

In a memo addressed to all employees Wednesday — the first day of Bondi’s tenure — the attorney general’s office stated that ...

The closures and delays come as many parts of Chicago and the suburbs saw areas of thick icing, with sidewalks and roads slick and dangerous.

“I do think there’s potential that someday we will have an international franchise. If we do, it would not surprise me at all ...

Chou led the school district’s approach to safety and security through the closure of 50 schools in 2013, waves of youth ...

The victims, Robert Boston, 16, and Monterio Williams, 17, were shot while leaving Innovations High School. Police arrested Coleman with the help of U.S. Marshals; his detention hearing is set for Feb ...

A week after a 16-year-old was shot at her high school in Nashville ... “We have support, but what I tell all parents that have had their children taken away in schools: Don’t let it stay ...