Round Lake Opinion
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Coulson is a proven leader for 10th Dist.Jan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Our nation is currently facing enormous challenges from the need for health care reform to reducing the high unemployment rate. Unfortunately, the lack of leadership in ...
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Can't afford to cut career, tech fundingJan 02, 2010 10:00 pm - In the next decade, a large percentage of jobs in Illinois - 41 percent - will be at the "middle skill" level, requiring more education than a high school diploma but le...
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The scramble for education fundingDec 23, 2009 10:00 pm - The Obama administration's financial commitment to education is unprecedented. The stimulus package includes $4.35 billion for a program called Race to the Top, which es...
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Career education must be a priorityDec 20, 2009 10:00 pm - The days when a "three R's" education was sufficient to provide a middle-class lifestyle are long over. Though jobs requiring low-level skills still exist (just 18 perc...
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Health care 'reform' might kill AmericaDec 11, 2009 10:00 pm - The passage of the health care bill in the House goes against every true patriotic American principle and value of our great country. While people realize that health ca...
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A big step for Round Lake schoolsNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Congratulations to Round Lake Unit District 116, which stands to be the first school district to emerge intact from state financial control. Drowning in red ink in 2002 ...
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Money tight? Let's go to Disney WorldNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One in 10 Americans is out of work. Twenty-five percent more people are bankrupt compared to last year. Foreclosures rose 18 percent in the last three months in the Chic...
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Health care needs more than Band-AidOct 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The United States has been the one country to truly open its arms, its pocket book, its doors and above all, its mind. We are at the turning point of all of our futures....
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Forest preserve needs reality checkOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to an article written by Russell Lissau on Oct. 8 concerning the recent disclosure by the Lake County Forest Preserve Board to purchase an additi...
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It should always be about the students?Oct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Teachers have been given a bad name for a long time when it comes to public education, but what the public does not see is the inner political core that stands against t...