Education
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Harper event simulates living in povertyApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - Harper College students, staff and faculty got a realistic, and possibly uncomfortable, look at the challenges of living with little income Wednesday, during a Community...
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Wright Junior High headed to National Science Bowl for fifth straight yearApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - For the fifth consecutive year, a team from Wright Junior High School in Lincolnshire is headed to the National Science Bowl this month. The competition is April 26 to 3...
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District 220 approves purchase of school bus tracking appApr 18, 2018 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 parents will have an opportunity to keep track of their children's buses beginning next school year through a free app. The Ride 360 bu...
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Flowers from gay teacher's husband spark controversy in District 301Apr 17, 2018 1:00 am - When music teacher Nathan Etter received a bouquet of Valentine's Day flowers in his classroom, it piqued students' curiosity. A student asked whether the flowers were f...
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Kane County to recognize 41 outstanding educators May 4Apr 17, 2018 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the 43rd annual Kane County Educator of the Year awards banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. May 4 at the Q Center, Fox ...
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Third-place, visual art: 'Dazed and Confused"Apr 16, 2018 6:00 am - ...
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Third place, poetryApr 16, 2018 6:00 am - They said the first woman was born from the rib of her husband. But I don't think that's true It is just a title born of later incarnations. Because the first woman neve...
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Third-place winner, prose: 'German Day'Apr 16, 2018 6:00 am - At seventeen, being squeezed, bumped, and jostled, I've been more intimate with strangers on a crowded Berlin bus than I have with anyone else. I strain to decipher the...
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Celebrating the arts: Third place winners in Arts Unlimited contestApr 16, 2018 6:00 am - On Thursday and Sunday we shared the first- and second-place winners of the Arts Unlimited District 214/Daily Herald Community Arts and Writing Contest. Today, we are pr...
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Huntley High to launch global studies, fine arts academies this fallApr 16, 2018 5:30 am - Huntley High School students hoping to pursue careers in fine arts and global studies can get a leg up through two new academies launching this fall. The school currentl...