Education
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'On nearly every measure, we are failing our African American students'Aug 05, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Board of Higher Education is preparing a strategic plan to make higher education in the state more equitable, which will be released for publi...
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In change of plans, District 214 will begin school year remotelyAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will begin the school year with remote learning, officials announced Wednesday, marking a shift from a draft plan announced a...
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Round Lake-area schools detail remote learning plansAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - Students in Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will have live video instruction from their teachers two to four days a week once school starts Aug. 19. They will suppleme...
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Stevenson High to partially refund student feesAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Lincolnshire's Stevenson High School will partially refund registration fees for the 2020-21 term because classes will be held remotely. Registration costs $380 per stud...
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District 203 outlines slow return to in-person learning, with social support for studentsAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Naperville Unit District 203 plans to start with eLearning in a much more robust and rigorous way than was possible in the spring - for the first six weeks of the new sc...
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District 59 could stay remote through OctoberAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 students will begin the school year remotely Monday, Aug. 17, and it likely will stay that way through the end of October, offi...
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Chicago Public Schools to go fully remote to start fall
Aug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Public Schools students will start the new school year at home next month as officials plan to announce as soon as Wednesday that they'll back off a proposal tha...
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District 220 explains remote learning decision to concerned parentsAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris went into great detail about why distance learning will be used to start the 2020-21 school year, but paren...
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Illinois' largest teachers union sets up its own panel to judge school reopening safetyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's largest teachers union is creating a medical review panel it says will judge whether individual school districts' reopening plans are safe. The 135,000-membe...
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Teacher appreciation contestAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Back 2 School Illinois, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides deserving children from low-income families with free school supplies to help them succeed in the classro...