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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 50 honors retirees: May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Woodland Elementary District 50 has recognized 15 retirees for the 2012-13 school year.
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.
State Senate approves sex education bill May 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused solely on abstinence, according to a plan that cleared the state Senate on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Large rummage sale returns to Prince of Peace in Lake Villa May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Find anything from clothing to power tools and more at Prince of Peace Parish's annual rummage sale in Lake Villa from June 6 to 8. The must-stop-and-shop rummage sale has been a fixture in Lake Villa for 16 years, drawing shoppers from across Lake County, Cook County, southern Wisconsin, and eastern McHenry County. Proceeds benefit Prince of Peace School.
Harper students win fashion scholarships May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Myra Chung of Des Plaines struggled through her first high school sewing lesson. Now, she’s a Harper College fashion student designing her own collection. Chung and classmate Michelle Kreutner won $2,500 Fashion Group International scholarships to hone their craft.
Fremd math students score high in online competition May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Students on the math team at Fremd High School in Palatine proved in 90 minutes that they are tops in the state. Members of the team Benjamin Lewis, Berwin Xie, Chungho Lee, Soumyaa Mazumder, Jennie Yang, and Emily Jia, placed No. 1 in Illinois in the Purple Comet Math Meet and were ranked in the top 20 in the nation.
NIU administrator to retire after FBI probe May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
A Northern Illinois University administrator who went on leave after an FBI investigation will retire at the end of the month. Eddie Williams is the DeKalb school’s executive vice president for finance and chief of operations.
Police take away Chicago school closing protesters May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Police in downtown Chicago have taken several people into custody who were protesting the planned closing of several schools. The protesters were delivering petitions with thousands of signatures opposing Chicago Public Schools planned closings. They then blocked elevator access at city hall and chanted against Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Teachers need to keep learning, too May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Letter to the editor: Retired teacher Joanne Bina responds to a recent letter that criticized teachers for demanding seminars and continuing education. "Schools are not static," she writes. "As specialists in our fields, we work together, learn new techniques, so our children can be taught using best practices."
Poplar Creek Library hosts ‘America’s Music’ May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
Poplar Creek Public Library in Streamwood is hosting a six-week program starting Wednesday, May 22, featuring documentary films and scholar-led discussions of 20th century American popular music.
CLC would be part of test program meant to create jobs May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
College of Lake County and three other 2-year schools would be part of a test job-training program under a measure recently passed by the Illinois Senate. It would allow the colleges to custom design workforce training programs to benefit new or expanding companies, and those businesses would have to create new jobs. It's modeled after programs in three other states.
Smokers adapting to ban at ISU May 20, 2013 12:00 AM
School officials and some students say a ban on smoking in high traffic areas at Illinois State University is going smoothly so far. It was started by a student initiative. Earlier this month, the Illinois Senate passed a ban on smoking at all state-supported colleges and universities. The measure is pending in the House.
CLC benefit golf outing May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
Golfers can help raise money for College of Lake County scholarships in an outing on Monday, June 3.