Education
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Chicago schools to close Thursday as strike looms
Oct 16, 2019 1:00 am - All Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled Thursday ahead of an increasingly certain teachers strike that city officials say should have been avoided. The announcem...
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Elk Grove mother and daughter volunteer weekly at Shedd Aquarium to educate visitorsOct 15, 2019 6:00 am - Elk Grove mother and daughter volunteer weekly at Shedd Aquarium to educate visitors
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House 'flip' a first for District 214 student buildersOct 14, 2019 5:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 students have wielded electric saws and hammered nails to build more than 20 single-family homes from scratch through a hands...
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Parents, teens: Wake up to the truth about 'dream schools'Oct 13, 2019 6:00 am - The college admissions scandal — which recently led to a 14-day prison sentence for actress Felicity Huffman — exposed a group of wealthy parents' obsession with getting...
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Faces of dyslexia: How a suburban carpenter, a hockey pro and The Fonz are working with itOct 12, 2019 1:00 am - The Fonz from "Happy Days," a defenseman with the 2010 Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks and a construction contractor living in Bolingbrook all have one major thin...
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Sprague School celebrates students' diversityOct 11, 2019 1:00 am - Students at Lincolnshire's Sprague School learned about their classmates' heritages through art, games and other fun activities Friday as part of the school's second ann...
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District 56 celebrates Hispanic culture with communityOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - The four schools that make up Gurnee School District 56 hosted a Hispanic Heritage Celebration on Thursday night at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth. Of the 2,000 stude...
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Lawmakers call for probe of College Board data salesOct 10, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Nine Democratic lawmakers are calling on Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to investigate the business practices of the College Board and sale of data ...
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Elmhurst College enrollment shows higher retention ratesOct 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Elmhurst College is experiencing strong enrollments again this year. The overall enrollment of roughly 3,500 students includes 1,263 new students, along with a higher r...
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District 220 hires former state lawmaker's firm to help with referendumOct 09, 2019 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 will receive help from a former state lawmaker's consulting firm in an effort to spread the word about a referendum next year seeking v...