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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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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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Learn to burn natural areas safely at sessionMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is offering Ecological Burn Training from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 29, for landowners and natural areas volunteers. The morning clas...
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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...
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Patrick Botterman: Political groundbreaker, true friendMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Patrick Botterman was a born political strategist who broke barriers for Democrats in the Republican-dominated Northwest suburbs and launched the careers of state and fe...
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Everyone's Irish for a day in East DundeeMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Twas a grand day to be Irish in East Dundee Saturday, as residents lined River Street for a frigid but festive St. Patrick's Day parade. Sponsored by Rosie O'Hare's Pu...
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Quit stalling on Cook County reformsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - It hardly comes as a surprise to see downstate Republicans waving foam fingers in the air and razzing Cook County for having reached the highest sales tax in the nation,...