Education

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, looks at photos of Jose Medina and Sheridan Gorman during a press conference on March 25, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty)

Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death

By Gregory Royal Pratt

March 26, 2026 at 4:47 p.m.

The parents of slain teenager Sheridan Gorman criticized Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov....

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King attends a CPS Board of Education meeting at the Loop office on March 4, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago school board to vote on interim CPS CEO Macquline King as permanent leader

By Kate Armanini

March 26, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education will vote Monday on whether to hire interim CEO Macquline...

Nichole Pinkard, from left, Evanston-Skokie District 65 Board vice-president, Superintendent Angel Turner and Board President Patricia Anderson listen as parents and Board members comment on an update to the district's technology policy, which supplies every K-8 student in the district with their own iPad, at the March 23, 2026 Board Meeting. (Claire Murphy/Pioneer Press)

Over parents’ objections, Evanston-Skokie District 65 OKs $528,000 iPad purchase

By Claire Murphy

March 25, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

Parents expressed concerns about internet safety, but District 65 Board approved a $528,000 iPad purchase...

Teachers at Roosevelt Middle School and other schools in River Forest District 90 will receive a salary increase over four years as part of a new contract. (Pioneer Press)

River Forest School District 90 OKs contract with 21% salary hike

By Alicia Fabbre

March 17, 2026 at 4:58 a.m.

River Forest District 90 teachers have a new contract that comes with an average salary...

Construction proceeds in 2024 at Madison School in Hinsdale. The school is scheduled to receive new flooring this summer as Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 implements its latest round of capital improvements. (Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills School District 181)

Schools in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills set for $2 million in building projects

By Chuck Fieldman

March 17, 2026 at 1:14 p.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary School District 181 is planning a dozen capital projects at its schools...

Governor Mike Braun answers questions in the parking lot of the Lake Village Emergency Operations Center during a tour of the tornado-damaged area on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun lends state backing to Turning Point USA as it builds school chapters

By Carole Carlson

March 16, 2026 at 1:02 p.m.

Gov. Mike Braun singled out support for Turning Point USA Thursday as the conservative group expands its reach into...

Carl Sandburg high school students in Leanna Pitsoulakis' freshmen math class use whiteboards purchased with a District 230 Foundation grant. (Addison Wright/Daily Southtown)

Whiteboard desks used post pandemic lead to high math scores at Sandburg High School

By Addison Wright

March 16, 2026 at 12:22 p.m.

Leanna Pitsoulakis took a lap around her freshmen honors math class at Carl Sandburg High...

Graduating senior Emily Bahl smiles after handing her resume to Mary Jensen, director of exceptional learning for the School City of East Chicago, during the Indiana University Northwest School of Education teacher recruitment fair on campus in Gary, Indiana, Friday, March 13, 2026. Bahl, of Crown Point, is majoring in elementary and special education at IUN. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Young teacher candidates quiz recruiters at IUN job fair

By Carole Carlson

March 14, 2026 at 5:28 p.m.

Class size and pay topped the questions teaching candidates asked school representatives at the Indiana...

Eugene Robinson Jr., director of Black Student Success with Chicago Public Schools, leads an interactive exercise with people attending a community discussion at Phillips High School on East Pershing Road in Chicago on March 11, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Public Schools forges ahead with plan to support Black students

By Kate Armanini

March 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago Public Schools hosted several community meetings to explain its plan to boost Black student...

Naperville D203 to cut 38 teachers in effort to close budget gap

By Michelle Mullins

March 14, 2026 at 9:17 a.m.

In move to help close a $12.4 million budget hole, nearly 40 teaching jobs will...

Families and educators with the Chicago Teachers Union rally outside Aspira Business & Finance High School at 2989 N. Milwaukee Ave., in Chicago on Feb. 26, 2026. Hundreds of students have already left ASPIRA, after the district told families that the operator didn't have the money to finish the school year. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

CPS leaders to ask school board to revoke ASPIRA network’s charter

By Kate Armanini

March 13, 2026 at 7:36 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Friday it will ask the school board to revoke the troubled...

Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King, from left, Sito Narcisse, former superintendent of East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools in Louisiana, and Meisha Porter, a former New York City schools chief, are the three finalists to lead Chicago Public Schools. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune, Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun Sentinel and Brittainy Newman/AP)

3 finalists announced to lead Chicago Public Schools, including interim chief Macquline King

By Kate Armanini

March 13, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

The Chicago school board has narrowed its search for a new superintendent to three finalists,...

Shavon Brewer, who teaches 5th grade at Northwest Elementary School in Evergreen Park, discusses math concepts with students. She's one of two south suburban teachers who are finalists for Golden Apple awards for Excellence in Teaching. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Two Southland teachers are finalists for Golden Apple awards

By Janice Neumann

March 13, 2026 at 11:52 a.m.

Teachers at Madison School in South Holland and Northwest School in Evergreen Park were nominated...