Education & Schools

For years, esports have become more and more mainstream – with college programs offering scholarships and marquee tournaments broadcast nationally on TV. That’s now trickling down to high schools.

Accolades continue to roll in for Bradley University women’s basketball standout Gabi Haack, who was recently announced as the Missouri Valley Conference’s nominee for the 2021 NCAA Woman of the Year award.

St. Jude Catholic School in Peoria is closed for the next two weeks following a COVID-19 outbreak.

Gov. JB Pritzker reimposed an indoor mask mandate on Thursday, in an acknowledgment COVID-19 is making a comeback after months of seemingly turning the tide.

Bradley University President Stephen Standifird said 66% of students are reported fully vaccinated. That's significantly higher than the 46.7 percent national average among 18- to 24-year-olds.

Two Peoria non-profit agencies will soon join forces to bring equity-based programs and services to people in the East Bluff.

Prominent sports broadcaster and Bradley University graduate Charley Steiner is among the inductees chosen for the Missouri Valley Conference's 25th Hall of Fame class.

According to Superintendent Dr. Sharon Kherat, just 7% of Black students in District 150 are passing algebra classes—a statistic The New Teacher Project hopes to get to the bottom of.

Dr. Abigail Larrison has always had an interest in education. She's worked at major universities, approaching education from a brain expert's vantage point. But she finds the hands-on teaching that happens in her Peoria home more rewarding than traditional academia.

A doctor at the OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria says she's concerned about how the upcoming fall and winter might play out with the unusual recent surge in pediatric respiratory illnesses.