Education
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Golden Apple nominations due in JanuaryDec 09, 2014 10:00 pm - Nominations for the 2015 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Stanley C. Golder Leadership Award are due Jan. 5. The Golden Apple Scholars nominations a...
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Palatine High School's Lunchapalooza brings students togetherDec 09, 2014 10:00 pm - Palatine High School has many programs and initiatives to improve its school climate and recently celebrated its annual three-day student inclusion event called Lunchapa...
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Where suburban teachers, principals stay on the job longestDec 09, 2014 4:30 am - If teacher retention rates are any judge, one of the best schools to work at in the suburbs is Fenton High School in Bensenville. A first-time statistic culled in the Il...
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Geneva schools to ask for more taxes, over board member's objectionDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Geneva school board member Mike McCormick has again voted against increasing the district's property taxes for operational costs. And again, he was in the minority. The ...
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Warren High student entertainment:Dec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Warren Township High School in Gurnee has comedy and jazz performances scheduled for the public. Up first will be "The Comedy Show" at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, at the Bla...
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Woodland students shop with teachersDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Woodland Elementary West staff helped students purchase items Tuesday at the Gurnee Target to be donated to the Woodland Elementary District 50's Holiday Food Drive. El...
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MHS dancers to perform:Dec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Mundelein High School's Orchesis club will perform for the public Monday. The show is set for 7 p.m. in the school auditorium, 1350 W. Hawley St. Tickets are $4 for adul...
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University of Illinois faces fallout as Kilgore rehiredDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - CHAMPAIGN - Former 1970s radical and felon James Kilgore will earn just $3,500 for teaching a single class on labor and the workplace at the University of Illinois' flag...
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Westbrook teacher shows kids the value of staying activeDec 08, 2014 10:00 am - It's the start of Lori Many's physical education class, and her kindergarten students have turned into dinosaurs. Some of the dinosaurs run around the gymnasium trying t...
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District 50 bilingual advisory council meetingDec 08, 2014 12:01 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 will host its second Bilingual Parent Advisory Council meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 18, at the Woodland Elementary East School ...