Education
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Illinois manages to send schools' checks on timeJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois schools have received promised grant payments from the state on time for the first time since 2007 - but in another sign of the state's precarious financial sit...
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U-46 seeks bilingual, special education teachersJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Bilingual and special education teachers are in demand at Elgin Area School District U-46. The state's second-largest school district with more than 40,000 students is h...
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Harper debuting programs at Prospect Heights branchJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Harper College will host a pair of informational sessions this month at its newly renovated Prospect Heights facility. The Learning and Career Center will debut new prog...
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Junior sleuths hard at work at McHenry County CollegeJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - It wasn't a major criminal investigation like most of the fifth- and sixth-graders might have wanted. But the young students in the Introduction to Forensics and Biometi...
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SIU names acting Carbondale chancellorJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois University has named Paul Sarvela as acting chancellor of its Carbondale campus. The SIU trustees on Tuesday selected Sarvela. He is...
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Harper College budget adjusts spending with enrollment dipJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Harper College officials have prepared a 2015 balanced budget that reflects a dip in enrollment and small tuition increase. The board of trustees is expected to approve ...
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Hoffman Estates schools ranked 7th in nation by real estate blogJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Hoffman Estates schools were ranked seventh in a nationwide small city education study posted in June by Movoto Real Estate, a national brokerage blog. Movoto selected ...
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South Elgin man leads effort to rebuild Myanmar universitiesJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Watching students at a Myanmar university learn by rote and seeing a chemistry lab with no actual chemistry equipment was a stark reminder that the once-closed society i...
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DuPage taking fight against heroin to schoolsJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - To bolster its efforts to warn young people about the dangers of heroin, DuPage County plans to enlist the help of a Hinsdale-based health education center that already ...
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District 200 hopes to have new superintendent by mid-AugustJul 03, 2014 1:01 am - The search for a new superintendent in Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 has been narrowed to about four candidates, school board President Barbara Intihar says. Sin...