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9/6/2026

Five Lincoln-Way East students accused of racist monkey gesture taunting at football game

Video from Friday's varsity game in Flossmoor, Illinois shows students from the visiting school taunting fans of a majority-Black high school with monkey sounds and gestures. Lincoln-Way East says it has identified the students and apologized. Homewood-Flossmoor says it is weighing legal options.

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Mary Johnson

7/6/2026

The Best School Districts in Illinois, Ranked by Test Scores

If you are house-hunting around Chicago and trying to read the schools before you sign anything, here is the honest version. Illinois's strongest districts cluster in the affluent suburbs northwest and west of the city, and the gap between them and the big urban districts is real. Here is the ranking, by test scores, with the district-type traps spelled out.

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Mary Johnson