Education
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Eclipse experiment progresses despite clouds in NapervilleAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - By the time Colin Jensen and Shirley Wu joined their peers Monday to watch the solar eclipse from the football field at Naperville Central High School, they had already ...
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DuPage judges dismiss lawsuits against Butler District 53 in cheating scandalAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - DuPage County judges have dismissed a total of three lawsuits filed by two Oak Brook families in hopes of ending a cheating scandal that has plagued Butler Elementary Di...
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Objections filed against effort for 'backdoor referendum' in District 59Aug 21, 2017 1:00 am - A woman connected to a local Democratic organization has challenged an effort to let voters decide whether Elk Grove Township District 59 should borrow up to $20 million...
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Wayne Elementary student: Eclipse is a 'once-in-a-lifetime thing'Aug 21, 2017 1:00 am - As the solar eclipse reached its peak totality, Wayne Elementary School Principal Marybeth Whitney-DeLaMar asked the hundreds of students gathering outside to pause and ...
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Palatine Scouts' STEM project blasts off to spaceAug 20, 2017 11:00 pm - After more than two years of working on their project, a group of Palatine Boy Scouts realized the dream of a lifetime: They watched their project blast off in a NASA fl...
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Schools trying to improve student performance with new start timesAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris says students aren't the only ones who will be affected by new start times that are backed by research from...
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MCC 101 prepares first-year students for collegeAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - McHenry County College is committed to assisting new students with their transition into college. The College Experience course, MCC 101, a required interactive sem...
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Motivational speaker to inspire U-46 middle school studentsAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Roy Juarez Jr. never gave up his dreams despite being homeless at age 14 on the streets of San Antonio with his 9-year-old sister and 2-year-old brother. "I snuck into a...
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After massive flooding, Murphy Elementary in Round Lake to open MondayAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Murphy and Ellis elementary schools in the Round Lake area will welcome students to class Monday, about a month after floodwater caused $3 million in damage to the build...
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Schools' eclipse dilemma: Let students watch, or not?Aug 18, 2017 1:00 am - In what might seem like a scene from a science-fiction movie, hundreds of suburban students will take a break from classes at around 1 p.m. Monday to join millions of be...