Education

Parents looking for tax-free back-to-school shopping will have to look outside Illinois this year.

Illinois lawmakers are praising a new program to help parents save money on sending their kids to college. The new program is called Illinois First Steps college savings programs and leaders are encouraging parents to open an account.

Security is top of mind in Arlington Heights.

The board of education approved a $1 million contract to buy updated X-ray machines. They will be used in 100 schools across the city to detect firearms, knives and ammunition.

More than 100 successful rising freshmen were celebrated Wednesday night with trunk scholarships.

Beth Gaskill, founder of Big City Readers, shares some tips on how to get kids excited to go back to school this fall.

A growing number of schools are teaching media literacy to help student differentiate between bias and non-bias sources. Alba Mendiola, teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit High, was awarded for her dedication to helping her students find the truth.

Believe it or not, the start of the new school year is just around the corner. In a special FOX 32 money saver report, we take a look at the A-B-C's of back to school shopping.

The college admissions landscape is in the midst of a seismic shift. Students are unsure if they should take the SAT or ACT, even though many schools are test optional. Now, there's a new digital SAT. It's the biggest transformation in the history of the test, and it's making an already nerve-wracking situation even more stressful. Brian Stewart, with Barron’s Digital SAT Study Guide, joined Good Day Chicago with some tips.

Two high school students are on a mission to make sure their school provides access to book written by authors of all ethnicities and backgrounds.

An organization is looking for donations to help 1,000 kids start the school year on the right foot. Kids Above All joins Good Day Chicago to explain how you can help.