The CTU president is not dead, repeat, not
Karen Lewis's obituary was published online briefly due to an error in the publishing system at the <em>Sun-Times</em>.
Does your high school offer chemistry? Probably not.
About 3 in 5 schools that include 7th grade in the US don't have a class called "chemistry," <em>Education Week</em> says. Here's why.
Reports of 100-below wind chills on Mt Washington
Wind chill is reported as temperature. That's not exactly the right unit, but since that's what people understand, that makes news.
Lonely at lunch? This app might help.
Bullied students often find themselves alone at lunch, but an app tries to reduce the harmful effects of being an outcast at the lunch table.
Students solve (fake) murders in Belleville
That body on the ground outside the high school isn't what you think. Please don't call the office. Cool science, though.
Dow Jones passes 25,000
Stocks continue to climb, with the Dow Jones reaching the latest 1000-point milestone faster than any other 1000-point mark.
Maybe we turned a corner in empowering women
The #MeToo movement isn't over yet, not by a long shot. Everywhere, including in high schools, women and men are just starting to get it.
New IL tax credit sends $36mil to private schools
Illinoisans can apply for a new tax credit when they donate up to $1 mil to private school scholarships; the change has its critics.
On teaching important life skills in high school
Learning important life skills in school would be far superior to learning the different types of clouds, an IL student explains.
Former math teacher pleads to stabbing wife & more
A former teacher in Mich. pleaded no contest to stabbing his wife & having a sexual relationship with a middle school student.