Fox River Grove
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Score disparity based on apples-to-apples comparisonMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To compare passing rates on eighth-grade and 11th-grade high-stakes tests, the Daily Herald combined the statistics of nine suburban high school districts and their resp...
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Fox Valley in 60 secondsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Open house at NIU Northern Illinois University will hold an open house for prospective students from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Holmes Student Center on the DeKalb c...
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Why so many 8th-graders make the grade but later failMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Suburban eighth-graders sail through state tests. But many of those same students struggle to make the grade once they reach high school. Most haven't lost real academic...
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Libertyville High student an Irish dance championMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Libertyville's Tyler Schwartz embodies the notion of not judging a book by its cover -- or its name. A quick glance at his and it might be surprising to learn the 16-yea...
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Community Unit District 300 newsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The Community Unit District 300 School Board has launched a special new effort aimed at establishing a more personal and direct relationship with the taxpayers they repr...
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Harrop seems to miss basic truthsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Columnist Froma Harrop is so busy Bush-bashing that she totally ignores the facts. Here are a few that always seem to escape the discussion: The great pyramid scam, Soci...
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Grading system change is keyMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - State officials confirmed Friday they will change the way high-stakes tests for high school students are graded. It's the latest in a string of adjustments -- some large...
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Algonquin poised to set revenue highMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - When it comes to sales tax revenues, Algonquin's bottom line has only gone up. The "gem of the Fox River Valley," is poised to rake in roughly $7 million in sales tax by...
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Brother: 'He never owned a gun'Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Michael Giroux never owned a gun, his brother said Sunday, which is partly why his family is struggling with the reality that he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, Arlin...
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Can you hear robo call responses now?Mar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Let's just say candidates should be glad they couldn't hear what the voter on the other end of the phone had to say to their automated calls. It wasn't "hello." There is...