Education
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Bill banning locked seclusion and face-down restraints in Illinois schools stalls
Jan 14, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story was originally published by ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically r...
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Vernon Hills High AP Bio instructor makes e-learning collaborative, engagingJan 13, 2021 5:00 am - One morning last month, Chris Wolf set up his monitors in a corner of Room 1830 at Vernon Hills High School and prepared for another day of remote teaching. The sleek ne...
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Libertyville students release album to benefit charityJan 13, 2021 4:30 am - The final project of the Libertyville High School music production class is being called an album, but it wasn't created on vinyl. “I wasn't sure what to call it since i...
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'Knock on wood, we're in a pretty good place': In-person learning starts to return in suburbsJan 13, 2021 4:30 am - Some suburban school districts went back to in-person learning after the winter break, and more will be doing so in the coming weeks, some with added tools such as COVID...
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In-person learning starting second semester at Glenbrook North, SouthJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Even in the remote setting of Monday's board meeting it sounded like Glenbrook High Schools District 225 Superintendent Charles Johns could barely contain himself. "I ha...
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With hybrid learning starting next week, District 204 eyeing COVID-19 testing, vaccination plansJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Set to begin a hybrid learning model next week, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 is looking ahead to possible COVID-19 screening and vaccination strategies to support it...
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Libertyville, Vernon Hills high school students will get COVID-19 tests when they returnJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - Returning to classrooms for many students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools will include a weekly, on-site COVID-19 test. Teachers, too, are part of the volu...
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St. Viator returns to clerical leadership in naming new presidentJan 13, 2021 12:00 am - St. Viator High School has named the Rev. Dan Lydon as its new president starting this summer - a return to clerical leadership at the Arlington Heights school after fiv...
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District 220 board selects new superintendentJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - The next superintendent for Barrington Area Unit District 220 recently was named Ohio's Superintendent of the Year. The District 220 board on Tuesday night unanimously a...
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Huntley School District 158 plans move to hybrid learning for Jan. 25
Jan 12, 2021 12:00 am - A districtwide move to hybrid learning Jan. 25 was announced during a special meeting of the Huntley School District 158 board Monday evening. The updated hybrid learnin...