Education
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Social studies teacher wants kids to think like historiansMar 12, 2018 5:00 am - Grant Montgomery has spent 10 years teaching social studies to eighth-graders in St. Charles School District 303. He is in his first year teaching at Thompson Middle Sch...
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Highland social studies teacher wants to empower studentsMar 12, 2018 5:00 am - Highland Middle School seventh-grade social studies teacher Marshall Sheffer says he loves empowering kids to see the ways they can directly and indirectly influence the...
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District 303 approves repurposing Fox Ridge, changing boundariesMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - School board votes to realign boundaries, relocate as many as 600 students
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U-46 board seeks plan to address inequities in student disciplineMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials acknowledged they aren't doing enough to address racial inequities with the overrepresentation of black students in referrals f...
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Parents of special needs U-46 graduates organizing own promMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - For years, South Elgin High School graduate Natalie Herrera has attended Elgin Area School District U-46's prom for students and alumni of its special education and tran...
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Pizza throwdown benefits studentsMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - The second annual Mundelein Pizza Throwdown, a fundraiser for the Mundelein District 75 STEAM Foundation, will be 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at Carl Sandburg ...
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District 95 Art Festival on WednesdayMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 will host its fourth-annual District 95 Art Festival on Wednesday, March 14 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Zurich High School cafeteria. Th...
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Round Lake Dist. 116 to explore improving athletic facilitiesMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - The Round Lake High School football stadium, running track and practice fields are among seven athletic facilities that Round Lake Area Unit District 116 officials say a...
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Mundelein High board to talk Village Green bidsMar 12, 2018 1:00 am - The Mundelein High School District 120 board will meet Tuesday night to discuss purchase offers for the Village Green Country Club, which the district owns. Officials ha...
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Dist. 73 community meetings begin in AprilMar 11, 2018 1:00 am - Hawthorn Elementary District 73 is hosting a series of community engagement meetings to obtain input on how to resolve space constraints at its buildings. The six meetin...