Articles filed under Education

• Harper’s partnership with high schools netting positive results Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  In fall 2010, Harper College and its feeder high school districts formed an unprecedented partnership to shrink student success gaps and better prepare students for career and college readiness. More than halfway through the four-year pilot program, leaders believe they're onto something. "We think we have a model worth emulating," Harper President Ken Ender said of the Northwest Educational Council for Student Success.
  

   

• Hawthorn kindergarten registration: Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Children who turn 5 by Sept. 1, are eligible for Hawthorn District 73 kindergarten in the fall.
  

   

• MHS singers win bigFeb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Mundelein Lights, Mundelein High School's all-female show choir, was named Grand Champions at the Manteno Main Event Show Choir Invitational held Saturday, Feb. 9.
  

   
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  Bartlett teacher Lana Brozik calls herself a lifelong learner Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Lana Brozik is a master teacher, a model educator and a lifelong learner. She teaches students English and language arts at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett but reaches beyond her eighth-graders to improve the quality of education districtwide. A ripple effect from Brozik's mentorship means she will continue to affect student learning long after she retires at the end of this year.
  

   

• Durbin proposing fix for veteran tuition costs Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says veterans attending public colleges shouldn’t be burdened with out-of-state tuition and fees. The Democratic senator is working with lawmakers to fix an unintended consequence of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill.
  

   

• Massachusetts campus searches for answers to gun violence Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  The day after the Newtown school shootings, the president of Emerson College sent a long email to all of the college’s 4,500 students and 1,500 faculty and staff. Together they would “seek to make sense of the senseless,” he wrote, by launching a probing discussion of gun violence in which all sides would listen to one another and search for solutions.
  

   

• MHS jazz bands to perform Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Mundelein High School jazz bands will present a winter concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 in the auditorium.
  

   

• New Wauconda Middle School principal named Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Wauconda High School English teacher Bob Taterka has been named Wauconda Middle’s next principal.
  

   

• Preschool screenings set in Dist. 95 Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Lake Zurich Unit District 95 will offer a preschool screening for 3- and 4-year-old children on Tuesday, March 19 and Wednesday, March 20.
  

   
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  Round Lake Area Unit District 116 boss upbeat about restructuring plan Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Round Lake Area Unit District 116 Superintendent Constance Collins says she expects to see academic improvement as soon as next school year once a tentative restructuring plan is in place to change how education is delivered to students. District 116 will host a community forum Monday to gather input from parents and others on the proposal.
  

   

• DCFS places Maine West educators on child abuse, neglect registry Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  The Department of Children and Family Services has validated several claims of abuse and neglect filed against two Maine West educators following allegations of hazing in the school’s sports program and put their names on a state list of child abusers which is accessible to employers. The department’s investigation concluded Jan. 30.
  

   

• U-46 to offer full-day kindergarten, for a priceFeb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Elgin Area School District U-46 will offer tuition-based, full-day kindergarten to students districtwide next year in a pilot program that could see future expansion. Julie Kallenbach, director of early learner initiatives, said the pilot program will be open to 80 students across four classrooms — two on the west side of Elgin and two in the Bartlett area. As the district expects far more interest than available spots, the kindergartners will be selected by lottery.
  

   
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  Grayslake Dist. 46 boss gets contract extensionFeb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  It took three votes since last fall, but Grayslake Elementary District 46 Superintendent Ellen Correll has received a contract extension. Correll will receive her current $170,844 base salary in the one-year extension that expires June 30, 2014, school board President Ray Millington said.
  

   
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  District 54 appoints three new school principals Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board members this week appointed three new principals for the 2013-14 school year. Joann Kort will be principal of Dirksen Elementary in Schaumburg, Jillian Sagan will be principal of Mead Junior High in Elk Grove Village and Chris Bingen will be principal of Addams Junior High in Schaumburg.
  

   
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  Parents ‘happy it’s over’ as Dist. 33 classes resume Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  West Chicago Elementary District 33 began calling parents overnight to tell them classes will be back in session this morning after a tentative contract deal was reached just after midnight.Parents Thursday said they were relieved their students could go back to their normal schedule after a three-day teachers strike. “I’m just happy it’s over with and they figured it all out because the kids need to be in school,” parent Stacy Rachus said.
  

   

• ACLU seeks removal of Ohio school’s Jesus portrait Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  A portrait of Jesus that hangs prominently in an entranceway at a rural Ohio public school is in violation of the U.S. Constitution and should be removed, a federal lawsuit filed Thursday says.
  

   

• Editorial: Price of District 54 raises keeps going upFeb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
  Raises as high as 22 percent given to a handful of Schaumburg Township District 54 administrators a few years ago still are costing taxpayers, a Daily Herald editorial says.
  

   
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  ECC art instructors put their works on display Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Only 23 medieval girdle books have survived in their original form, but visitors to Elgin Community College can see a replica of this 13th-through-16th-century status symbol at an exhibition that recently opened. The artwork of eight Elgin Community College graphic design faculty members will be displayed through Saturday, Feb. 16, in Safety-Kleen Gallery One inside the ECC Arts Center, Building H, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
  

   
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  Stevenson High considering going mobile with an app Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  Stevenson High School officials are considering creating an app that would allow students and parents to access schedules, calendars and other information on smart phones and tablets. Neighboring Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools launched their first apps in December.
  

   

• U of I considers Chinese-funded institute Feb 6, 2013 12:00 AM
  The University of Illinois may open a new institute financed by the Chinese government and focused on Chinese language and culture. The Confucius Institute would be based at the Urbana-Champaign campus and paid for by $150,000 a year from the Chinese Ministry of Education.