We spend a lot of time dwelling on academics on these pages, from how to improve reading to how to spend education dollars most effectively. Today, we are confronting a precursor to any of that ...

Five recipients of $2,500 will be announced in May.

Illinois may be know as the Land of Lincoln, but the attractions it offers for kids and families go beyond the 16th president ...

Thanksgiving means kids are home from school. But that doesn't necessarily mean their parents get time off work. State law doesn't have a black-and-white answer to whether you can leave your kids home ...

Colorful trees come to life as a group of kindergartners glue bits of tissue and construction paper onto a drawing of a trunk. They’re engaged in play — but, in this Northwestern University Center for ...

Illinois is now at “very high” levels for flu activity – a designation that coincides with the federal government’s decision Monday to no longer recommend many vaccines for children, including the flu ...

DU QUOIN, Ill. — It’s evident from the moment you arrive at Du Quoin High School that the NubAbility All Sports camp is a special place to be. For 14 years, the camp has been letting kids with limb ...

I’m the CEO of Brightpoint, formerly Children’s Home & Aid, a child and family services organization that has served Illinois for more than 142 years. We partner with the Illinois Department of ...