Education

A new bill in Springfield would change the way Illinois school districts solicit food service contracts, allowing officials to negotiate for higher quality products amid complaints that many schools offer unhealthy food.

Across Chicago and Illinois on Monday, we're all going to be seeing a lot of smiling faces for the first time in two years, as COVID-19 mask mandates end.

The McHenry County Health Department said that anyone who ate food at a Crystal Lake Montessori classroom event, or at a school-sponsored event, should fill out a confidential survey. The information is requested whether you felt ill, or felt fine.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday night he's ending the mask mandate for Illinois schools.

Three Markham schools were each awarded $100,000 on Friday.

We may all be sick of Zoom meetings, but students at Loyola University Chicago were thrilled about one on Thursday that had a divine touch.

“What information is taught to students, as well as how it is taught, has an impact not only on the educational success of students but the people they become in everyday society,” said State Senator Neil Anderson.

Lawmakers across the state say there are more than 4,100 unfilled teaching positions in Illinois.

As mask mandate fights have roiled districts around the state the past month, Chicago Public Schools officials and Board of Education members defended their commitment to masking Wednesday while opening the door for a relaxed policy later this spring.

Teachers at Patton Elementary in Riverdale are planning to go on strike March 8.

CONGRATULATIONS! Mario Hoover is the first in his Chicago high school's history to get a perfect ACT score.