Education
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Top Teacher: Prospect Heights teacher builds partnership between middle and high school robotics programsJan 10, 2023 5:00 am - Filip Dudic taught high school classes for a decade, and now at Douglas MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights, he still kind of is. Dudic, an applied technology te...
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United Arab Emirates says it will teach Holocaust in schools
Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates will begin teaching about the Holocaust in history classes in primary and secondary schools across the countr...
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Illinois Conservation Foundation offering 2023 scholarshipsJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - The Illinois Conservation Foundation is accepting applications for its 2023 Conservation Achievement Scholarship program. The foundation annually awards four scholarship...
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Free college, universal preschool: Pritzker vows 'ambitious' second-term agenda during inauguration
Jan 09, 2023 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday offered up bold promises in his second inaugural address, vowing free college tuition for working-class families and more affo...
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Free tuition and expanded preschool a 'heavy lift'? Suburban lawmakers react to Pritzker inauguralJan 09, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritkzer gave a shout-out to the suburbs Monday while delivering an inaugural address that called for expanding preschool access and free college tuition for w...
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Harper professor's new book looks at Illinois statehoodJan 08, 2023 10:00 pm - A lifelong passion for Illinois history, research, storytelling and teaching is embodied in the new book "Avenues of Transformation, Illinois's Path from Territory to St...
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Survey seeks input on next Glenbard West principalJan 06, 2023 12:00 am - The search is on for a new principal at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn. Peter Monaghan will retire at the end of the school year. Glenbard High School District ...
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Threat of 'potential violence' leads to lockdown of Lake in the Hills elementary schoolJan 05, 2023 12:00 am - No threat was discovered after Hannah Martin Elementary School in Lake in the Hills went on lockdown Thursday afternoon, Huntley School District 158 said in a post. The ...
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Oakton Community College makes its official name changeJan 04, 2023 10:00 pm - Starting Jan. 17, Oakton Community College begins a new chapter in its proud history as it officially becomes Oakton College. Along with the name change, the college wi...
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Oakton Community College's name change becomes official this monthJan 03, 2023 12:00 am - Oakton Community College's long-awaited name change finally is happening this month. The publicly funded school, which has a main campus in Des Plaines and a satellite l...