Welcome to 4th grade, a new teacher raps
A 1st-year teacher in Skokie has gone viral with a rap video he made to welcome his 4th-grade students to a new school year.
Illinois
White House honors math, science teachers
The White House will honor more than 200 math and science teachers in December. Here are 8 from Maryland and Illinois.
Mind your manners on the bus & dress right
School bus rides can be traumatic when you're 6. Do you remember the first time you got on a school bus for the first day of kindergarten?
Welcome back, welcome home. HSD 214 opens.
HS Dist. 214 in Illinois produced a 3-minute video at its 2016 graduation ceremonies and posted it today as schools opened.
Annual appeal: get your vaccinations up to date
Vaccinations against measles and other diseases are important for all parents before they send their kids off to school. Everywhere in the world.
Supt. fired at a Catholic school in Woodstock
A superintendent of a far northwest-suburban Catholic school was fired for inappropriate conduct. No further details, but he's gone.
Chrisitan school worker pleads guilty; stole $293K
Divert school funds to your personal PayPal account, and you'll have to pay it back. And you might go to jail or prison. Not this time, but maybe.
Obituary: Sarah Yakus, math teacher
A middle school math teacher who was promoted to be an elementary school principal in Illinois died Saturday at the age of 32.
Chicago lays off 508 teachers, 521 others
Public school teachers in Chicago have been laid off—again. Most will undoubtedly be rehired, if they choose to apply for open positions at other schools.
Feds: IL broke the law on PARCC test last year
There's more to the story about Illinois dropping the PARCC tests for high school students next year, after using the tests for the last two years.