Education
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MCC to offer $10,000 scholarships for STEM studiesApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - McHenry County College will offer up to $10,000 in individual scholarships to at least 40 students interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, an...
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Rallies celebrate start of District 34 school overhaulsApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - Antioch Elementary District 34 officials led rallies at two schools Tuesday to mark the start of a $26 million transformation. Superintendent Jay Marino was the master o...
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Apple researching how Barrington High students use laptopsApr 10, 2018 1:00 am - Apple Inc. is working with Barrington High School to research how students use their school-issued laptop computers. Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Bri...
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Harper to hold Community Day celebration April 14Apr 09, 2018 11:00 pm - Harper College will throw a party Saturday, April 14 - a party it has been planning for more than 50 years - and everyone is invited. "In planning Community Day, we trie...
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Special-education teacher known as a 'child whisperer'Apr 09, 2018 6:00 am - The mother of her 3-year-old student was going to have major surgery. Becky Kelly knew she had to help preschooler Giancarlo Pietrasanta cope with his mom being away fro...
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Carpentersville teacher has passion for special educationApr 09, 2018 6:00 am - Pamela Mahoney of Elgin has been a teacher for 20 years, 12 of them at the deLacey Family Education Center in Carpentersville, which serves 366 preschool-age students in...
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Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54Apr 09, 2018 6:00 am - Deanne DiDomenico has been teaching in Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54's Blended Program for 17 years. She joined the district after graduating from Na...
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Special needs teacher holds kids to high standardApr 09, 2018 6:00 am - Sara Nix says she became a primary special education teacher because she wants to help students reach their full potential. "I want to instill students with the confiden...
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Kaneland cites lack of need in layoffs of classroom workersApr 09, 2018 1:00 am - The Kaneland school board gave notice Monday to 15 paraprofessional workers and teaching assistants that it may not need them next school year. Less need by students who...
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Editorial: New U-46 student trauma training important tool for teachersApr 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Imagine a child whose life is marked by daily trauma caused by poverty, abuse, neglect, divorce, mental illness or the loss of a parent. Now imagine how difficult it wou...