Education
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Donors give $2 million to BenedictineNov 15, 2016 10:00 pm - Future Benedictine University students pursuing science degrees may qualify for new scholarships thanks to two $1 million gifts. Kay Birck, the wife of the late Michael ...
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COD offers new landscape degreeNov 15, 2016 10:00 pm - A new Landscape Contracting and Management degree at College of DuPage will prepare graduates to design, implement and maintain landscape projects in horticulture-relate...
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Thompson renovations will proceed in St. Charles school districtNov 15, 2016 5:00 am - There will be no all-new middle school in St. Charles. School board members voted Monday night to remodel Thompson Middle School for $50 million. Board members listened ...
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COD Awarded grant to support STEM educationNov 15, 2016 12:00 am - GLEN ELLYN - College of DuPage was recently awarded a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support STEM education at the College. COD Director of Grant...
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Palombi teacher uses technology for mathNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - Joshua Coon teaches seventh-grade math at Palombi Middle School in Lake Villa. Coon, 36, of Lake Villa has taught sixth, seventh and eighth grades during his 15-year car...
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Naperville teacher shares how she makes math funNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - Need to know: Teaches sixth-grade math and accelerated math at Crone Middle School in Naperville. This is her 17th year at Crone in her 19-year teaching caree...
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In Ginny Gaspar's class, everyone learnsNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - Thompson math teacher makes sure all of her students know they can do it
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Math teacher invests in studentsNov 14, 2016 5:00 am - Michelle Benages is a sixth-grade math teacher at Grove Junior High in Elk Grove Village. Q: Why did you decide to teach math? A: A career in teaching has been something...
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Lester: Bolingbrook mayor hosted Trump, will go to inaugurationNov 14, 2016 4:30 am - Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar got a lot of blowback from local residents when he announced he'd be hosting Donald Trump in town for a September fundraiser. Now he's maki...
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Parents, after-school programs brace for District 220 schedule changesNov 14, 2016 4:30 am - Now that the Barrington Area Unit School District 220 board of education has voted to change school start times in an effort to improve student health and wellness, pare...