Education
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Report: State help with tuition, college budgets tanked amid 20 years of state disinvestment
Apr 15, 2023 10:00 am - As university faculties around Illinois strike for better pay and working conditions, budget analysts have found that state spending on higher education has fallen drama...
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St. Edward High School holds groundbreaking ceremony for new performing arts centerApr 14, 2023 1:00 am - It was more than 65 years ago, but St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin left an impression on Geoff Fox and his brother, Robert. Geoff Fox was on hand Friday...
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District 214 board chooses Huntley District 158 superintendent as next leaderApr 13, 2023 1:00 am - The Northwest Suburban High School District 214 board conducted a national search for its first new superintendent in 17 years, but it didn't have to look far at all. Th...
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Busy as a bee: Westbrook principal deeply involved with her school and the communityApr 12, 2023 6:00 am - It isn't hard to find Danielle Crandall, principal of the Westbrook School for Young Learners in Mount Prospect. You might find her meeting the buses as they drop off or...
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More than 'Just Say No': Louie's Law would provide drug education in K-12 schoolsApr 12, 2023 5:20 am - Louie Miceli had a typical suburban childhood growing up in Medinah and later playing football while a student at Driscoll Catholic High School in Addison, says his mom,...
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Trustee ends 48 years serving ECC: 'It's not the buildings that matter. It's what happens inside.'Apr 12, 2023 5:00 am - In the spring of 1975, Larkin High School teacher John Duffy was getting set to take his four children on a vacation for spring break when several people showed up at hi...
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Mail-in ballots fuel approval for District 102's $49 million bond issueApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - Though it seemed like it would fail initially, strong support among voters casting ballots by mail appears to have swung the result in favor of Buffalo Grove-based Aptak...
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Longtime Downers Grove North music teacher readies for retirement
Apr 11, 2023 6:00 am - After 30 years, longtime music teacher Brayer Teague leaves enduring legacy at Downers Grove North
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State awards grants to support bilingual educator pipelineApr 10, 2023 5:30 am - The Illinois State Board of Education has awarded more than $5 million in grants to support the bilingual educator pipeline. The number of English learners enrolled in ...
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District 73 marks 100 years since its formation from union of three country schoolsApr 10, 2023 5:30 am - About a century ago, long before there was a Vernon Hills, three one-room schools combined to create Hawthorn Elementary District 73. By late 1924, a new, four-room bric...