The Chicago Teachers Union and community activists are enraged that the Board of Education rubber stamped school closings and turnarounds -- they want Chicago voters, not the Chicago Mayor, to elect the board. But if the mayor-appointed board has uncri... »
BY ESTHER J. CEPEDA, Washington Post Writers Group Only in America can saying "I love you" merit a senseless punishment. Just days after I wrote a column about the need for this country to not only ensure that all its public school students are fluent ... »
20 year old Christopher Alexander Patterson, SPC, a 2009 graduate of West Aurora High School and student in music education at Valparaiso University, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012 while serving his country in the Kandahar Province in Afghanist... »
Tens of thousands of Illinois third-graders failed to meet a key reading benchmark that can predict students’ educational trajectory long after they leave elementary school. … »
Leeslyee Huerta, 23, spent all day Friday preparing for a night she thought she'd never see: her high school senior prom. Huerta was the guest of honor at at Metea Valley High School's prom, after students at the Aurora school were moved by a presentat... »
