Education

A Cook County judge is to rule next week on two motions affecting Chicago Public Schools' funding lawsuit against the state of Illinois.

Illinois College will become one of a small group of higher-education institutions offering scholarships for playing video games.

Illinois has failed to provide enough money to public schools to produce the "high-quality education" the state requires, forcing districts to cut programs, lay off staff and borrow money to keep the doors open, educators claim in a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Chicago Public Schools is seeking a legal order to stop a potential one-day Chicago Teachers Union strike, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand.

Parents are being urged to watch children for symptoms after two cases of mumps were confirmed, and about 20 suspected cases were being monitored at three schools in northwest suburban Barrington.

Chicago Public Schools officials on Monday said the nation's third largest school system will end the academic year three weeks early if the state of Illinois does not provide enough funds to close a deficit and provide teacher pension fund release.

Grammy-winning artist Chance the Rapper and Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner plan to meet this week to discuss funding education in Chicago.

The high school at St. Benedict Preparatory School in the North Center neighborhood will close because of continually low enrollment, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced Friday.

The union representing more than 100 teachers, counselors and educational support staff in the four-school ASPIRA charter network voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike Wednesday afternoon, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.

Chicago Public Schools principals have been instructed by district officials not to let federal immigration authorities inside district buildings unless they have a criminal warrant.

The current boys-only enrollment policy at St. Laurence High School will be changed to allow girls from the soon-to-be-shuttered Queen of Peace High School attend next school year.

Chicago's Republican Party chairman has filed an ethics complaint with the public schools' inspector general, contending the district's CEO used public funds to engage in political activity.

In an open letter to parents of Chicago Public School students, the Rauner administration is defending its efforts on the district's behalf.

Vice President Mike Pence has just broken a tie vote to confirm Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.

Chicago Public Schools officials say the district is freezing millions of dollars in discretionary spending due to Gov. Bruce Rauner's lack of action.

Before sunrise, Sue Campbell was pounding the pavement. The teacher's aid at Spessard Holland Elementary would wake up at 4 a.m. to walk six miles to work.

Police have two Wauconda High School students in custody after they allegedly made threats against the school.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers and other officials reached agreement Wednesday on a plan to bring more equity to the way Illinois funds its schools, although enacting the blueprint could be tricky amid the state's budget stalemate.