Education
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North Aurora woman to fill Dist. 129 school board vacancyJun 19, 2018 1:00 am - North Aurora resident Melody Saperston will fill a vacancy on the West Aurora District 129 school board. The board chose her Monday night from a list of nine people who ...
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Acting superintendent now officially the boss in Des Plaines District 62Jun 18, 2018 1:00 am - Longtime educator and school administrator Paul Hertel has been named superintendent of Des Plaines Elementary School District 62, district officials announced Monday. ...
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Free summer meal program participation declines in suburbs, nationJun 18, 2018 1:00 am - Programs providing free summer meals to low-income children in Illinois and nationwide are seeing declines in participation, according to a recent hunger report. In Illi...
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Barrington teen realizes her dream of attending elite Juilliard dance programJun 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Morgan Clune of Barrington cannot imagine her life without dance, and now, with an acceptance into the elite dance program at The Juilliard School in New York, her visio...
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Editorial: Supporting learning opportunities in untraditional placesJun 17, 2018 11:00 pm - There is no one-size-fits-all way to learn. Some people learn by listening, some by reading or watching. Others prefer to roll up their sleeves and learn on their own. T...
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New program allows District 211 students to track goals, successJun 14, 2018 5:35 am - A test group has given positive reviews to a new online tool that lets Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students set goals and measure progress on their jour...
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Dist. 116 resists temptation to 'spend, spend, spend' new state moneyJun 14, 2018 1:00 am - Despite a recent injection of $5.8 million in state funding, the Round Lake Area Unit District 116 school board is taking a measured approach to spending on capital proj...
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Hersey junior earns perfect scores on ACT and SATJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Three years ago, Clarissa Gomez was on top of the world after winning the state spelling bee hosted by the Knights of Columbus. Now, the Hersey High School junior has to...
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Editorial: Why are taxpayers still covering end-of-career pay boosts?Jun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - A few years ago, schools in the suburbs starting doing away with a perk that was patently unfair to taxpayers. Starting a few years before retirement, longtime teachers ...
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District 211 mentor program wins $10,000 grantJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - A program launched in 2013 to help Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 graduates find success in college has been awarded a $10,000 matching grant from Scholars...