Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Why isn’t there boys bowling in D211?Nov 14, 2011 4:00 am - I am writing this letter to your paper regarding High School District 211 not having a boys bowling team. I am a senior at James B. Conant High School, and I have been b...
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Charities have burdens enoughNov 13, 2011 5:00 am - You have heard it said that instead of the government giving aid to the people, we should let the churches and nonprofits take care of social services. But that is just ...
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Socialism will creep up on usNov 12, 2011 5:00 am - “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But, under the name of “liberalism,” they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day Am...
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Lax enforcement of trade laws hurts U.S.Nov 11, 2011 5:00 am - Whirlpool Corp. has revealed plans to close at least two factories in the United States and to move those operations overseas, costing thousands of hard working American...
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The need to boost financial literacyNov 10, 2011 3:00 am - You may have seen the TV ad: A boy walks home carrying an enormous rocket pop, and Dad asks him where his new bike is. The boy sheepishly raises his treat and says, “I t...
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Bryan Anderson and the open doorNov 08, 2011 11:00 pm - We hope you had a chance last week to read the latest story about Iraq War veteran Bryan Anderson of Rolling Meadows. It’s not the first time we have written about Ander...
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NCLB has left behind most childrenNov 05, 2011 6:00 am - The news regarding student aptitude scores in the Oct. 31 Daily Herald have finally validated what many have felt all along. No Child Left Behind has left most of our ch...
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The SoapboxNov 05, 2011 5:00 am - Leading by example: Avon Township residents watching their budgets got some tax help from Supervisor Sam Yingling and five political allies who recently presented a chec...
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Put meaning back in measurement of schoolsNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Across Illinois, 80 percent of all school districts are said to be “failing” to meet basic standards in reading, math and science. In Northwest Cook County, every single...
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Sharing information key to safer schoolsOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - On the surface, it appears Illinois school districts are doing what they should when it comes to cooperation between administrators and local police agencies. After all,...