Education
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District 300 issues virtual prom challengeMay 04, 2020 1:00 am - This story has been updated to reflect the E-Prom Challenge submission deadline is 6 p.m. Sunday, May 10. Get "glammed up" and bust a move. That's what Community Un...
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Constable: 50 years after Kent State shootings, 4 dead, a nation changedMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - As one of thousands of Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War and President Richard Nixon's decision to expand the bloody campaign into Cambodia 50 ye...
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College of Lake County board fills 2 vacanciesApr 30, 2020 5:40 am - The College of Lake County board has appointed Vaseem Iftekhar, a former executive at Abbott Laboratories, and Torrie Mark Newsome, a former Lake County assistant state'...
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District 220 school's AV upgrade could cost much less than expectedApr 29, 2020 5:04 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 officials say a new audiovisual system could be installed at Roslyn Road Elementary School at a lower cost than originally proposed. Bo...
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How educators are preparing for fall if schools don't reopenApr 28, 2020 5:30 am - Uncertain over whether students will return to classrooms this fall or continue virtual learning from home, some suburban school leaders say they are working on continge...
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Many high school spring sports coaches still coaching, and getting paid for itApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Just as high school classes are continuing via e-learning, so too are spring sports - well, kind of. There are no spring state sports tournament series - the Illinois Hi...
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Chicago and its museums partner for virtual toursApr 28, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago cultural institutions may be shuttered in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that doesn't mean they're unavailable. Beginning this week, the Shedd Aquarium,...
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District 56 share what they've doing while e-learningApr 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Officials at Gurnee School District 56 send out a “weekly communiqué” to keep district families in touch with what's going on in the district. The April 17 newsletter ...
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How Waubonsee is serving college students in unprecedented timesApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Unprecedented. I feel like almost everything I read anymore has this word somewhere in the first sentence. It's true. These are unprecedented times for all of us. At Wa...
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Judson awards honorary doctorate to U-46 leaderApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Judson University in Elgin is awarding an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters to Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders. The award recognizes Sand...