Education
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Transgender Palatine student explains legal fight for locker room accessDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Updated Dec. 6 to reflect that the student was offered restricted access to the locker room but declined to accept it. Nova Maday, a transgender student at Palatine...
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New 5-year contract for teachers in Keeneyville District 20Dec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Teachers in Keeneyville Elementary District 20 have a new five-year contract that's retroactive to the start of the school year, officials said Tuesday. Ratified late la...
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U-46 schools taking part in global Hour of Code campaignDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Students at several Elgin Area School District U-46 schools are taking part this week in the global Hour of Code as part of Computer Science Education Week. Coding - a ...
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District 301 to launch state's first high school veterinary science programDec 04, 2017 4:30 am - Central High School will become a regional hub for veterinary science education starting next school year. "It's the first (veterinary program) in the state of Illinois ...
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Des Plaines Elementary District 62 hosting substitute fairDec 04, 2017 12:00 am - Des Plaines Elementary District 62 will host a fair for those interested in serving as a substitute teacher in the district. The fair will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec....
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Why some students quit college - and how they can finishDec 03, 2017 6:15 am - Growing up in Cookeville, Tennessee, a university town about 80 miles east of Nashville, Hayley Furcean was determined to be the first college graduate in her family. "I...
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CLC hosts engineering job fairDec 03, 2017 12:00 am - Engineering students throughout Lake County are invited to the second annual Lake County Engineering Internship Job Fair, sponsored by Lake County Partners, the College ...
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After several delays, CLC Science Building set to open in JanuaryDec 03, 2017 12:00 am - After a series of delays, the College of Lake County's Science Building is set to open for students when classes resume Jan. 16 after winter break. The three-story, 41,9...
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Link, Frost join list of District 54 Spanish AcademiesDec 03, 2017 12:00 am - Link Elementary School and Frost Junior High School are now on the roster of Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 English-Spanish dual-language schools that have b...
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High parent turnout for Naperville suicide prevention lessonsDec 01, 2017 12:00 am - In the 1980s, the first books about suicide prevention in schools were full of warnings about heavy metal lyrics and the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. ...