
How school bus driver shortages and frequent bus route cancellations impacted students and their families
YORKVILLE – Ten minutes down the road on her way to work, Joni Carter gets a message on her phone.

NIU is awarding its first-ever esports scholarships
DEKALB — In the middle of February this year, a few weeks into the spring semester, Northern Illinois University’s varsity

Two Illinois schools are among the nation’s most expensive colleges and universities
Whether its due to lowered enrollment or shifting to hybrid virtual and in-person classes, college tuition across the country is

Uvalde: Visitations, funerals and burials, one after another
UVALDE, Texas — It should have been the first day of a joyous week for Robb Elementary School students — the start of summer break.

The names: 19 children, 2 teachers killed in Uvalde school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Nineteen children were looking forward to a summer filled with Girl Scouts and soccer and video games. Two teachers were closing

Deadliest School Shootings Since 2007
This AP digital embed table shows school shootings since 2007 that killed more than four people. The massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas

University of Illinois dining and building workers vote to allow September strike
URBANA — Service workers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are willing to strike in September after their current contract expires. Of the workers who

Yankee Ridge hosts Urbana French immersion program
URBANA – Students learn in both French and English at Yankee Ridge Elementary School on the south side of Urbana. Yankee Ridge hosts Urbana School

Newbery-winning author visits Champaign school for Asian American Heritage Month
CHAMPAIGN – Students at Kenwood Elementary had a special visitor on Tuesday. Newbery-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly — a Filipina-American children’s book author — conducted

Macon-Piatt hosts family night to dispel rumors about Social Emotional Alternative Program
DECATUR — Two Special Education programs housed at Decatur Public Schools are combining next year. Administrators worry that the change has prompted misinformation to spread.

Urbana schools debate renewing police officer contracts
URBANA — Urbana School District 116 is debating whether to keep police officers in its schools for another three years. Staff and students want them