Education
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Northwestern launches $3.75B fundraising campaignMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Northwestern University is kicking off an ambitious $3.75 billion fundraising effort. The private university in Evanston says the money will be used for a series of new ...
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic School hosts its own Winter Olmpic competitionMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - The spirit of the Winter Olympics continues at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School in Lake Zurich. On Friday, the school held a Winter Olympics featuring students comp...
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Authors, other scribes coming to Libertyville High for Writers WeekMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Novelists, poets, a pair of comic-book writers and a musician will teach students about their crafts as part of Libertyville High School's annual Writers Week. The fourt...
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House passes measure to change GED testingMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - A measure allowing high school testing companies other than GED Testing Services to operate in the state is advancing in the Illinois legislature. Lawmake...
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Alma Mater sculpture may return to U of I in AprilMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - URBANA, Ill. - A famous bronze sculpture could return to the University of Illinois campus in Urbana next month after undergoing a $360,000 restoration, officials said. ...
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Japanese students visiting Elk Grove High SchoolMar 13, 2014 11:00 pm - Elk Grove High School is hosting 11 visitors from its Japanese sister schools, Ashikodai High School and Ashitandai High School. They arrived March 7 as part of the 26th...
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Dist. 200 moving ahead with $7.2 million in facility improvementsMar 13, 2014 5:30 am - The Wheaton Warrenville District 200 board agreed Wednesday to move forward with $7.2 million worth of facility improvements that are scheduled to be completed this summ...
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District 56 assistant principal gets statewide honorMar 13, 2014 1:01 am - An administrator at Gurnee Elementary District 56 has been recognized for her excellence with a statewide award. Sheryl Gray, who works at District 56's Prairie Trail El...
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Readers are leaders at Woodland:Mar 13, 2014 1:01 am - Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50's primary school will host its annual Readers are Leaders Day from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, with a second session from 1:1...
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District 95 students hit high notes at music contestMar 12, 2014 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich Middle School North and Middle School South band, orchestra, and chorus students, along with Isaac Fox and Sarah Adams Elementary orchestra students, attende...