Education

Gary Sgt. Del Flores, Senior Crime Scene Investigator, (right) and Lt. Greg Wolf, CSI Investigator Supervisor, (left) describe a crime scene to students at Indiana University Northwest's Forensic Investigation Summer Camp for high schoolers on Thursday, June 25, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

IUN campers solve GPD mock crime scene at forensics camp

By Maya Wilkins

June 27, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

Bella Bennett traveled from Bloomington to Gary for Indiana University Northwest’s forensic investigation camp. And...

Nina Shoman-Dajani, who was recently awarded the Trailblazer Award by the Muslim Bar Association of Chicago, speaks at the 2026 Moraine Valley Community College High School Equivalency graduation ceremony. (Moraine Valley Community College)

Moraine Valley educator lauded with Trailblazer Award from Muslim Bar Association

By Janice Neumann

June 26, 2026 at 5:16 a.m.

Moraine Valley Community College dean Nina-Shoman Dajani was presented the Trailblazer Award from the Muslim...

Arrita Sanchez, a social studies teacher at Orr Academy High School, talks in a small group as people gather on June 23, 2026, at Westinghouse College Prep for a forum on the Chicago Public Schools budget for the upcoming school year. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

CPS officials aim for swift budget approval amid $700 million deficit

By Kate Perez

June 26, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools officials aim to have the school year budget approved by the end...

Attendees of the South Shore Summer Learning Conference discuss classroom discipline strategies recently. More than 200 teachers from Lake and Porter Counties attended. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Learning conference focuses on effective technology use in classrooms

By Michelle L. Quinn

June 22, 2026 at 9:13 a.m.

Teachers instead should be "crystal clear" on how they want their students to use the...

Some party labels now attached to Lake, Porter school board races

By Carole Carlson

June 21, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

In Lake County, 18 of 45 school board candidates took advantage of a new law...

Lutheran Logos Academy, Northwest Indiana’s only Lutheran high school, will be launched at Heritage Lutheran Church in Valparaiso in August. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

First Lutheran high school in Northwest Indiana is starting small

By Doug Ross

June 21, 2026 at 3:03 p.m.

The new Lutheran Logos Academy in Valparaiso is the latest attempt to bring a Lutheran...

Aco Sikoski, chancellor at Ivy Tech Community College in Valparaiso, speaks at a ribbon-cutting Monday, April 27, 2026. Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus forged an agreement to establish a data center academy program. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

At PNW, Ivy Tech, data center academies aim to fill job pipeline; Microsoft signs pact

By Carole Carlson

June 20, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

Microsoft and Ivy Tech’s Valparaiso campus will establish a data center academy where students can...

Brenda Lee Anderson stands outside of Ogden Elementary School on June 19, 2026, in Chicago. She is running for the District 6A seat on the Chicago Board of Education. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

‘Should I have done this?’: Dozens of candidates fight to stay on Chicago’s school board ballot

By Kate Armanini

June 20, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Among the 51 people vying for a seat on the Chicago Board of Education in...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, March 20, 2025. She was recently in Indianapolis to announce a waiver for the state from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Education. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Indiana says new federal education waiver will ease reporting burden, provide flexibility

By Carole Carlson

June 19, 2026 at 2:57 p.m.

Indiana received a waiver from federal law to relax restrictions on the spending of millions...

Graduating PACE students line up before taking the stage for the school's graduation ceremony in Portage on Monday, June 15, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘You’re the pioneers’: Portage’s PACE Virtual Academy holds first commencement

By Doug Ross

June 18, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

Forty-five of 53 graduates from the new PACE Virtual Academy walked onstage at Portage High...

FILE – The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

By Moriah Balingit

June 18, 2026 at 8:46 a.m.

For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for...

Manon Spadaro, of Indivisible Highland Park, and others chant at the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Route 22 in Lincolnshire to protest against TurningPoint USA’s Educators’ Summit 2026 at Marriott Lincolnshire Resort on June 16, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Lake County residents protest Turning Point USA Educators’ Summit; ‘they’re not welcome here’

By Joseph States

June 17, 2026 at 2:47 p.m.

Protestors gathered Tuesday evening at a Lincolnshire intersection to voice their opposition to a conservative...

Linda Hyler, of Chicago, reads after attending a recent Senior Medicare Patrol session at Evergreen Park Public Library. She said she knows to be cautious of suspicious phone callers who ask for her Medicare number or other personal information. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Scammers target Medicare cards, durable medical equipment needs, experts say

By Janice Neumann

June 16, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

AgeOptions representatives came to the Evergreen Park library to advise older residents about how to...