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NIU giving honorary degree to Thompson May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Former Gov. James R. Thompson is being given an honorary law degree by Northern Illinois University. He will be presented with the degree during the College of Law’s commencement ceremony on Saturday in DeKalb. He’s also serving as commencement speaker.
District 70 special ed services: May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Libertyville Elementary District 70 will discuss plans for the provision of special education services to students with disabilities who attend private and home schools within the district boundaries for the 2013-14 school year at 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, at the Educational Resource Center, 1381 W. Lake St., Libertyville.
ECC graduates offer advice to high school grads May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Few would argue that earning a college degree is a smart choice. But what are the advantages of attending a community college before moving on to a four-year university? How can community college students get the full college experience while still living at home? Several recent Elgin Community College graduates shared their stories with the Daily Herald — and offered some advice to high school graduates heading to college themselves this fall.
Harper College team scores big at NASA rocket competition May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Their rocket crashed during a test run, but a Harper College-based team of science and engineering students took fourth place in a national NASA rocketry competition, besting big names like MIT and Northwestern. "To be mentioned in the same sentence as such prestigious schools is really awesome," said student Eric Meyers.
Minor injuries for 17 Algonquin students in bounce house accident May 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Six students from Algonquin Lakes Elementary School were sent to area hospitals for evaluation Thursday afternoon after they were injured in a bounce house during an indoor school celebration, officials said. Another 11 students were treated at the school and released to their parents. There were no serious injuries.
Des Plaines forum stresses vigilance against hazingMay 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A community forum on hazing and bullying held Wednesday night in Des Plaines in response to the hazing of soccer players last September at Maine West High School drew a sparse audience of fewer than 50 local residents but prompted a surprise appearance by activists on the issue from Indiana and Georgia. "I didn't come to speak," said Pam Champion, the mother of Robert Champion, a Florida A&M band student who died after being beaten in a hazing ritual. "Any school that tells you that they have everything under control, they're lying."
St. Charles teachers get 2.8 raises for each of next three years May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
St. Charles Unit District 303 teachers will get 2.8 raises each of the next three years under a new contract approved by the school board. The teachers' union has already ratified the deal. The contract also reduces the large salary bumps teachers preparing to retire receive to 4 percent, down from 6 percent.
Purdue freezes tuition on main campus May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Purdue trustees on Wednesday approved freezing tuition and cutting costs for meal plans and university cooperative education and internship programs for all students in West Lafayette. Tuition and fees for resident students on the West Lafayette campus will be about $10,000 each of the next two school years.
Chicago board votes to close 50 schools May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel's term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment and as part of their efforts to improve the city's struggling education system.
District 95 to hold special ed meeting May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Lake Zurich Unit District 95 officials will host a meeting Wednesday, May 29, about providing special education services to students with disabilities who are home-schooled or attend a private/parochial school within the district in 2013-14.
Lincolnshire boy 2nd in National Geographic Bee May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A seventh-grader from the Northwest suburbs placed second in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Conrad Oberhaus, 13, a student at Daniel Wright Junior High in Lincolnshire, earned a $15,000 college scholarship for his effort.
U of I’s 117-year-old telescope getting repairs May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Like anything that's 117 years old, the telescope in the University of Illinois' observatory could use a little work. This summer, it will get it. A crew dismantled the telescope this week and is sending it to a business in Pennsylvania that will work on it.
Annual concert becoming more popular in St. CharlesMay 22, 2013 12:00 AM
The annual Tyler Caruso concert is Thursday in St. Charles. Donations at the concert help fund scholarships in memory of the former St. Charles East student who died of a heart attack in 2002.
Oakton receives grant to fund nanotechnology education May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Oakton Community College has received a $374,279 grant from the National Science Foundation to educate college and high school students in the emerging field of nanotechnology.
Turnquist retires as longest-serving male teacher in U-46 May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
With 41 years in the classroom, Jerry Turnquist will retire as the longest-serving male teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 history. Turnquist spent his entire career at Ellis Middle School after growing up just a few blocks away. Colleagues gathered to recognize his career, as well as the work of three other retiring Ellis teachers — Phylis Dunlap-Huerta, Carlos Salgado and Steve Childs, who attended Ellis as a student and then later walked its halls as a band instructor.
Fermilab opens new playground May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A new feature at the Lederman Science Center at Fermilab has kids pretending they are protons, or assuming they are antiprotons, to teach about the laboratory's accelerator chain and its experiments, past and present.
Protesters storm meeting on Chicago school closures May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Protesters of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close dozens of city schools have been removed from a school board meeting in Chicago and from the state Capitol in Springfield. The Chicago Board of Education was discussing the issue Wednesday and planned to vote. About a dozen protesters were taken away from the meeting by security and Chicago police. Some linked arms and began singing, refusing to leave.
Editorial: Wanted: Creative tools to stimulate job growthMay 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A Daily Herald editorial expresses support for the concept behind a bill in the General Assembly to create a job-training program that would be tested at four community colleges, including College of Lake County.
Ingleside school wins $25,000 in recycling contest May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
St. Bede Catholic School in unincorporated Ingleside now has a lot of green to help it become greener by winning a national recycling contest. With all 220 students, teachers and several parents packed in St. Bede's gymnasium, school officials accepted a $25,000 check from contest sponsor PepsiCo during an enthusiastic ceremony Wednesday.
Details of hazing plan under scrutiny in Senate committee May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
A suburban Democrat says he'll make changes to a proposal that grew out of hazing scandals in the suburbs after lawmakers raised questions about how broadly it would be applied. State Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Park Ridge Democrat, presented the plan to a Senate panel Wednesday. He wants to create a new crime called "failure to report hazing" in the wake of high-profile scandals at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools.