Elgin Opinion
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Testing debate only hides larger problemDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - On 12-10, a Daily Herald editorial criticized the decision by the Illinois State Board of Education to require students still learning English to take the same tests as ...
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Tri-Cities soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A learning experience Kevin Burns will keep his day job and his political job. And the Geneva mayor will still have plenty of time for his family. In the end, that shoul...
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Too many excesses, and too few ethicsDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Alfred Kirkland's letter hit the nail on the head. We are all in danger from the system's excesses. It all started with the administration of the Republican President Wa...
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Cook Co. soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Bartlett voters, start your engines … If Bartlett voters in the 14th Congressional District don't think it's weird enough that they'll be voting twice for the same offic...
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Fox Valley soap boxDec 14, 2007 10:00 pm - A long road Once an art teacher in his small Mexican village, Juan Hernandez immigrated to the U.S. 17 years ago. He took two jobs, yet always had a return to teaching i...
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We can cut impact of global warmingDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The article about the students from Sheridan Elementary School, who were being taught how to conserve energy to help lessen the effect of global warming, was well writte...
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Report Card results: Good, but familiar problems persistDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - We continue to score a respectable B overall, but the areas in which we fare least well remain the same. It is a source of both encouragement and concern for us that th...
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Reminders needed for traffic safetyDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Thank you Susan Sarkauskas for your attention to the little things. Of course I am referring to the Nov. 29 article about "Making sure littlest passengers are safe on th...
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Not buying what attorney is sellingDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - Immigration attorney Shirley Sadjadi has railed against several recent letter writers who have expressed concern over the invasion of America by non-assimilating immigra...
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Working moms need child-care assistanceDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Employers need to offer assistance for child care to full-time working mothers. As a single mother myself, I understand the frustration of not having decent, affordable...