A former Antioch High School teacher admitted to tampering with students grades is facing new charges alleging she provided false contracts to an employer to collection commissions, according to police. See the rest here:  Ex-Antioch teacher who tampered... 

With a bag of freshly cut hair in her lap and tears dripping down her face, a newly bald Erin Falsey held her sister’s hand and smiled. She and her classmates at Schaumburg High School raised more than $103,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. More... 

Chicago Public Schools released its 2012-13 calendar yesterday that school brass says will be beneficial for students but has teachers complaining of the possibility for burnout. [ more › ] See the original post: New CPS Calendar Adds 10 School Days,... 

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum will come to Arlington Heights Friday for stops at John Hersey High School and at the Christian Liberty Academy as part of his push for conservative voters, and especially from Evangelical Christians who have... 

A new way of teaching that initially started at universities and caught on with high schools is now trickling down to elementary schools, too. Service learning, which combines formal for-credit instruction with related community service, is coming to... 

Westfield Community School in Algonquin has a suspected outbreak of the norovirus raging through the school. When absenteeism spiked from 17 students absent on Wednesday morning in the elementary school to 109 Thursday, Principal Bill Doran knew the school... 

Just like Shaun White and snowboarding, Lake Villa’s Felicia Stancil wants nothing more than to become the face of her extreme sport. “When people think of BMX, I want to be the person they think of,” she said. The Grayslake North High... 

A student from Waukegan High School died this afternoon after jumping into Lake Michigan from a pier near the Waukegan Yacht Club, police said. See the original post here: Cops: Waukegan high school student dies after jumping into Lake Michigan  Read More →

President Obama is moving one of two major world summits from Chicago to the presidential retreat near Washington, with an aide saying the president has decided he wants a more “intimate” setting than his hometown for the May gathering. More... 

With two weeks until Election Day, congressional candidate Ilya Sheyman has become the first of the Democratic hopefuls for the 10th District seat to take his campaign negative. Sheyman has released a flier criticizing fellow Democratic candidate Brad...