Education
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Chance the Rapper gives $90,000 more to schools
Mar 09, 2017 12:00 am - Less than a week after giving $1 million to Chicago Public Schools, Chance the Rapper announced Thursday that nine more schools will receive $10,000 each from his founda...
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How weekly late starts will help District 203 teacher collaborationMar 09, 2017 12:00 am - Late start times will become a weekly occurrence next year at Naperville Central and Naperville North high schools after the school board granted a schedule change to al...
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UIC Opens MIE Engineering Summer Camp RegistrationMar 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Registration is open for UIC's annual MIE Engineering Summer Camp hosted by the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) at the University of Illinois a...
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Hoffman Estates cafe staffed by adults with Down syndromeMar 08, 2017 5:00 am - Officials with GiGi's Playhouse in Hoffman Estates describe their Hugs + Mugs cafe as one of the only stores of its kind to be totally staffed and run by adults with Dow...
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Constable: 'Aging out,' man with autism finds pathMar 08, 2017 1:00 am - Like a lot of 22-year-old suburban people finishing their formal educations, Ben Nicholas of Mount Prospect flashes an easy smile. In it, you see both satisfaction for w...
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U-46 appoints new principals, administratorMar 08, 2017 12:00 am - New principals have been named at Streamwood High School and four elementary schools in Elgin Area School District U-46 schools for next year, replacing employees retiri...
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Depression-era murals will move to new Hill School thanks to donationMar 08, 2017 12:00 am - A $44,000 donation from an alumnus will save two tile murals at Hill Elementary School in Aurora and move them to the school's new building. The money is coming from a m...
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District 301 school board candidates talk about transparency, trustMar 08, 2017 12:00 am - Challengers for the Burlington-based Central Unit District 301 school board cite curbing rising taxes and addressing a lack of transparency and trust in the district adm...
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COD to host trip to Field MuseumMar 07, 2017 10:00 pm - The College of DuPage is sponsoring a trip to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago on Saturday, March 18, that's free and open to the public. A bus will leave ...
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Speaker to discuss the West's fear of IslamMar 07, 2017 10:00 pm - Islamophobia and interfaith engagement will be discussed by Todd Green, associate professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, as part of the Al-Ghazali Lec...