Education
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Mundelein Lights wins title:Mar 10, 2014 1:01 am - Mundelein High School's all-female show choir, Mundelein Lights, was named grand champion in the unisex division at the 40th Luers Midwest Show Choir Invitational. The e...
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Top teacher: Sonia Esquivel combines dual language learning with adventures in rocketryMar 10, 2014 12:01 am - Even while helping third- and fourth-graders at MacArthur International Spanish Academy in Hoffman Estates master both English and Spanish, Sonia Esquivel is awakening i...
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Columbia College courts vets:Mar 09, 2014 1:01 am - Columbia College of Missouri has announced it will waive application fees for veteran students starting with the March session, which begins March 17. The fee waiver is ...
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Suburban school leaders urge state to delay new PARCC testMar 08, 2014 7:00 am - Suburban school superintendents are urging the state education board to delay the implementation of a new standardized test expected to go live in the 2014-2015 school y...
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Interest in Fox Valley robot competition skyrocketingMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - By the end of the morning events at the Illinois VEX Robotics state championships, several members of four different teams had gathered around a monitor with a scrolling...
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After 29 more rounds, spelling bee endsMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds Saturday when ...
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Science Olympiad in Grayslake a chance to learn, hang out with friendsMar 08, 2014 12:01 am - Thirteen-year-old Jameson Loeffler usually doesn't get stressed out during Illinois Science Olympiad events, but Saturday was a different story. The rotor egg drop he bu...
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U of I to create presidential search panelMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois hopes to have a new president selected by January, well ahead of the retirement of current President Robert Easter. The...
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Teens tinker with electronics, gadgets at library in LibertyvilleMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - Andy Merrill, 12, and Andrew Cluff, 13, both of Libertyville, spent Friday afternoon connecting LEDs to a breadboard and a Raspberry Pi credit-card sized computer. It wa...
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Kansas high court: School funding unconstitutionalMar 07, 2014 12:01 am - TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas must spend more money on its public schools, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that could jeopardize Republican Gov. Sam Brownback...