Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We spend tens of billions of dollars each year on K-12 public education in Illinois. We argue endlessly about how best to invest ...

There was once a time when kids had a daily routine of fun once they came home from school. But in recent years, there are certain things kids used to do after school that feel unreal now.

We spend tens of billions of dollars each year on K-12 public education in Illinois. We argue endlessly about how best to invest that money to improve student outcomes, and we despair when those ...