Education
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Bill would ban smoking anywhere on state college campusesApr 02, 2014 1:00 am - State lawmakers voted to ban smoking at all public universities, colleges and community colleges Wednesday, but the plan sparked plenty of debate on the House floor. Smo...
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District 214 launches Twitter contest among schoolsApr 01, 2014 5:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is pitting its six high schools and three alternative programs against one another in a Twitter tournament. The two-week cont...
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U-46 middle school reading program won't change next yearApr 01, 2014 5:15 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 won't be changing the reading program at the district's eight middle schools next school year, officials said Monday night. The school bo...
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'An Evening of Jazz:'Apr 01, 2014 1:01 am - The Mundelein High School jazz bands, under the direction of Jerald Shelato and Andrew Sturgeon, will present "An Evening of Jazz" on Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in th...
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District 116 health clinic clears hurdle, construction not far offApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 officials have approved a lease with a Lake County agency so a health clinic may open at the high school for the 2014-15 academic seaso...
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Suburban teens named Golden Apple ScholarsApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Dozens of area high school students have been named 2014 Golden Apple Scholars, the organization announced Tuesday. The state program offers tuition assistance to studen...
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Harper College students get lessons on drunk, distracted drivingApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Harper College students got behind the wheel of what looked and felt like a car parked inside the Student Center. Except this high-tech machine raised the alarm on the d...
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Stevenson student honored:Apr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Stevenson High School junior Kevin Cheng was named a semifinalist in the American Museum of Natural History's Young Naturalist Awards competition, school officials annou...
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Teen entrepreneurs make their best pitchMar 31, 2014 11:00 pm - Twelve high school students from the Northwest suburbs pitched their business ideas this month before a panel of eight real-life investors to compete for funding at the ...
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Editorial: A useful debate that can't be renewedMar 31, 2014 11:00 pm - The lead story coming out of Gov. Pat Quinn's budget message last week centered on his proposal to make permanent the 2011 temporary income tax increase, a troubling - i...