Back to School

17 sets of twins starting kindergarten this fall at three Colonial School District elementary schools.

Back-to-college shopping is expected to break records again, with $94 billion being spent. A new trend on TikTok is helping push spending up this year.

North College Hill City School District outside Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the first in the state to go to a four-day week for in-person learning.

Students have been absent at record rates nationwide since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures.

Here are five tips educators want parents to keep in mind as the back-to-school season kicks off.

Nine states have passed legislation that preserves a federal pandemic-era policy making free school meals available to all students, regardless of income.

With back-to-school shopping underway, the Better Business Bureau is warning parents about scammers and imposters, banking on families looking for school supply deals.

C is for Caffeine, Coffee Break and Complimentary.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be joining Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez at Falconer Elementary School to ring the school bell and welcome students back to school.

Ella McDevitt of Three Stories Books in Lemont joins ‘Chicago Today’ to recommend the best books that will get your kids ready for school.

It’s back-to-school season across Chicago and Illinois, and as kids prepare to head to the classroom, social media feeds are lit up with proud parents posting first-day-of-school photos that boldly display teachers and kids names, ages, grades, school identifiers and more.

The tradition of sharing of a back-to-school photo of your child standing in front of your home address could have very real privacy consequences.

The start of the new school year is almost here, but school supply costs have risen, and many families are still struggling financially because of the pandemic.

This back-to-school shopping season, parents are focusing on the basics while also trading down to cheaper stores as surging inflation takes a toll on their household budgets.