Huntley High School‘s geometry construction students have built an outdoor classroom.

Students at several Woodstock elementary schools were involved in choosing names for McHenry County snowplows and got to see the vehicles at their schools.

Members of the Crystal Lake Central High School class of 2026 celebrate their commencement Saturday.

Members of the Cary-Grove High School class of 2026 celebrate their commencement Saturday.

Members of the Prairie Ridge High School class of 2026 celebrate their commencement Saturday.

Members of the Crystal Lake South High School class of 2026 celebrate their commencement Saturday.

On Saturday, 538 seniors walked the line at McHenry Community High School District 156's McCracken Field. Graduations started this weekend, and most students will finis classes this week.

Cary School District 26 and its teachers, represented by the Cary Education Association, have reached an agreement on a new labor contract with annual pay increases.

Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 is being sued by a parent who claims her constitutional rights were violated when the district aided her child’s gender transition without parental involvement.

The McHenry County Regional Office of Education handed out its annual top prizes for teacher and other school staff members on May 9, 2026.

A student-athlete was taken to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest Monday during a track meet at Huntley High School.

Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155 is among three dozen school systems in Illinois that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating over policies related to gender and sexuality.

Community High School District 155 Superintendent Neil Lesinski has been named the 2026 Superintendent of Distinction by the Kishwaukee Region of the Illinois Association of School Administrators.

An educator who has spent his career in Woodstock Community School District 200 has been named the new principal of Woodstock High School.

Crystal Lake School District 47 has reached a $115,000 settlement with a family who sued over claimed civil rights discrimination after the student made a fake gun out of paper for a class project.

Huntley Community School District 158 has been named the inaugural recipient of the national Education Advisory Board’s High-Performance District Award.

A program called One Click College Admit offers free admission – without the essays or recommendations needed – to most of the state’s public universities and all of its community colleges

McHenry County College will raise tuition rates by $5 per credit hour starting in the fall semester.