A long-term substitute teacher has been assigned to a seventh grade classroom in Normal following a soft lockdown as police executed a search last week.

Shawna Sterling, a seventh-grade science teacher at Harlem Middle School in Loves Park, is a 2026 recipient of the Golden ...

Milwaukee Academy of Science has doubled the number of male educators of color on its staff in the past 2 years. School ...

Springmill STEM Elementary principal wants to expand the school program into seventh grade, but teachers oppose the move.

Katie Volk, an English Language Arts teacher at Christian School in Rockford, is a 2026 recipient of the Golden Apple Teacher ...

Starting out as a volleyball player relatively late in 7th grade, Westbury High School senior Nevaeh Moody knew she would have to work extra hard to become ...

About one in five people living in the U.S. suffer from an anxiety disorder, but it turns out that immune cells, rather than neurons, control your anxiety levels.

The Ravens and the rest of the NFL this week descend on Indianapolis, where 319 draft-eligible prospects have been invited to partake in the league’s annual scouting combine. This year’s breakdown ...

Six exceptional Rockford area teachers were surprised with the prestigious 2026 Golden Apple Award for Teaching Excellence.

This week is Teacher’s Week in Joe’s column. Last week I wrote about Coaches. Not long ago, I wrote about teachers, coaches, ...

The proposed creation of a sixth through eighth grade Wyoming Area Middle School within the Wyoming Area Secondary Center was ...