Education
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Dist. 300 explores how to pay for new officesMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - Community Unit District 300 officials are weighing how to pay for a new administration building if an expected $35 million to $60 million the state owes them doesn't com...
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Board postpones decision on SIU student newspaperMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - The future of the 98-year-old student newspaper at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale was unclear Thursday after the university's governing bo...
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Harper College holds Astronomy Day with full lineupMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - Whether its black holes or the birth of stars, Harper College will demystify the universe Saturday during Astronomy Day. Harper's physical science department and Northwe...
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Illinois college retirement board OKs pension fixMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The board of the State Universities Retirement System voted Thursday to accept an interpretation of last year's state-pension reform law that says the ...
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School funding figures fuel debate in CapitolMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Newly released figures that show downstate school districts gaining at the expense of suburban ones have fueled a debate among lawmakers about a proposed o...
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St. James school launches mobile appMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - Families of students at St. James Catholic school in Arlington Heights will now be able to keep up with what is going in their kids' classrooms from their phones. The sc...
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Young playwright honored:May 08, 2014 1:01 am - For the second straight year, a play written by Stevenson High School student Aidan Murphy has been chosen as one of the high school finalists for the 2014 LaBute New Th...
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Parents back candy, movies at West Dundee schoolMay 08, 2014 1:00 am - Jennifer Nickels, a West Dundee mom who complained last month about a Dundee Highlands Elementary School teacher giving candy as a reward and showing noneducational movi...
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Elgin history buff publishes kids' book on Lincoln's assassinationMay 07, 2014 9:01 am - "A picture is worth a thousand words." First-time author and Elgin resident, Mike Person, strongly believes in the adage, and applied that concept in his book, "With Mal...
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District 50 nominees sought:May 07, 2014 1:01 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 is asking parents and community members to nominate an outstanding teacher for the Alan Mann Tribute to Excellence in Education Award. Th...