Education
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Elgin woman finalist for U-46 vacancyApr 30, 2014 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has named a finalist to fill a vacancy on the seven-member school board. The school board Monday night is expected to appoint Linda Campo...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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District 300 renews push for late state fundsApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - Community Unit District 300 officials kicked off a legislative campaign Monday night, one they hope results in the state handing over between $35 million and $60 million...
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District 59 delays move on cutting hours at RidgeApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has delayed a decision on cutting class times by as much as 70 minutes a day at the Ridge Family Center for Le...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...
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SIU installs solar-powered picnic tableApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - Students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale have a solar-powered way to charge their electronic devices, just by sitting at a picnic table....
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Senator optimistic pension glitch will be fixedApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state senator who's trying to change a mistake in Illinois' pension reform law says he's optimistic it can be corrected. But as lawmakers headed back to ...
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U of I plans committee to review Kilgore decisionApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - URBANA, Ill. - A top administrator at the University of Illinois now says the decision not to rehire a former member of the radical 1970s group the Symbionese Liberation...
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Elgin native likes his monster jobApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - Elgin native Scott Buetow has been following his dreams since he was 6 years old and his dad put him on a Suzuki 50 dirt bike. He said he's been an adrenaline junkie eve...
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Retired teachers to meet:Apr 29, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, May 13, at Reflections Restaurant, 38564 N. Edgewood St., Lake Villa. The cost is $23 for the ...