During District 200 community conversations and in recent Wednesday Journal Viewpoints, critics and doubters of the proposed restructured freshman curriculum raise questions that challenge the...

Good for River Forest, for its unanimous village board, for its decision last week to outright ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes.

Oak Park has a very good police department. We have reason to be proud of its officers and the work they do. Over three decades, the department has been innovative, rightly race conscious, and...

There's more to learning than sitting in a classroom. Our young people, with respectful support from school leaders, are learning the power of their voices in what is a growing, but certainly not out...

Last week, in the first of four public meetings, OPRF officials faced a packed house of parents — curious and critical, supportive and dubious — ready to hear more about the school's bold...

It has been said (by me) that attending your high school reunion is feared by more people than heights, snakes or clowns. 

When I was in grade school, the principal, the teachers, and the custodians did everything possible to keep the school safe.

Better yet, what the heck is the Wabi Sabi Film Festival? 

As a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and as a journalist who needs to keep up with terminology, I couldn't help noticing the lengthening of letters over the past 25 years — from LGBT to...