Education
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Songs and coloring books, newsletters and alerts all part of census pushDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are working on an employee and parent awareness campaign about the 2020 Census. The district has developed a "tool kit" for adm...
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How schools are working to count every child in the 2020 censusDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Nearly 1 million children younger than 5 in the United States were not counted during the 2010 Census, officials say. The error - attributed to inaccurate reporting by ...
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New Noggin Builders escape room aimed at kidsDec 25, 2019 10:00 pm - If creative problem solving and critical thinking are keys to the future success of our children and to the creation of a better world, then kids experiencing Noggin Bui...
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How you can win chance to take College of Lake County course for $21Dec 23, 2019 12:00 am - Want to take a college course for $21? The College of Lake County in Grayslake is offering select students a chance to take a three credit-hour course this spring for on...
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Two French women open school to teach their language in NapervilleDec 19, 2019 12:00 am - Laure Imbert moved to Naperville on March 20 and one month later, she was on her way to giving the area something it didn't have: a French language school. Ecole Franca...
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St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could close amid enrollment, funding shortfallsDec 18, 2019 4:30 am - A dozen years after receiving a national award for educational excellence, St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could be ordered by the Archdiocese of Chicago ...
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Career Education to rebrand as Perdoceo next yearDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - Career Education Corp., the Schaumburg-based for-profit college group that became part of a federal investigation into recruiting and student loan practices by the i...
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Libertyville first-graders build gingerbread housesDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - First-grade students at Butterfield School set aside their books, pencils and notebooks on Wednesday to work with frosting, graham crackers, marshmallows, candy canes an...
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Researchers suggest state should provide bigger share of school funding to cut property taxesDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A pair of researchers are suggesting the best way to reduce property taxes in Illinois is for the state to take over a greater share of funding for public ...
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Oakton partnership offers students a path to jobs in the cannabis industryDec 17, 2019 4:40 am - Want to become a medical marijuana industry analyst or lab specialist, work at a cannabis dispensary or even become a grower? Oakton Community College is offering studen...