Education
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Pearson taps IBM's Watson as tutor
Oct 29, 2016 7:20 am - The world's largest education company is leveraging IBM's Watson platform as it tries to take college tutoring from campus libraries to the virtual world. Pearson is par...
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Wego Drama to present 'Peter and the Starcatcher'Oct 29, 2016 1:00 am - Find out the story of Peter Pan that you never knew when Wego Drama at West Chicago Community High School performs "Peter and the Starcatcher" as part of its "Live Adven...
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Lake Zurich High celebrates opening of Studio COct 28, 2016 5:00 am - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 celebrated the opening of a new space designed for how officials say students need to learn nowadays. What had been a drab, underused small ...
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How candidates could support educationOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - After listening to our two major political party presidential candidates argue and launch insults at each other over the past few weeks, it occurred to me how little att...
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Addison District 4 declares impasse in teacher contract talksOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - The Addison Elementary District 4 school board has declared an impasse in contract negotiations with its teachers union. The board filed notice with the Illinois Educat...
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Retired teachers meetOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Lambs Farm restaurant at Route 176 and I-94 near Libertyville. The cost is $16 per pe...
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Vernon Hills High musicalOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Vernon Hills High School, 145 Lakeview Parkway, will present "The Addams Family Musical" Oct. 28-29 and Nov. 4-5. Showtimes are at 7:30 p.m. each day. Tickets are $5 for...
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Mundelein High teacher honored by Bears for being a hero in the classroomOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: The name of one of the award sponsors was misspelled in the photo caption on this story. It has been corrected to read Symetra Financial insurance com...
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Round Lake Middle School students to go to collegeOct 27, 2016 11:00 pm - Round Lake Unit District 116 submission All 320 sixth-graders from Round Lake Middle School will visit College of Lake County in Grayslake for a science, technology, mat...
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How Glenbard South closed enrollment gaps in AP classesOct 27, 2016 11:02 am - Mary Lowery finds a quiet place to work on an assignment in her AP language class. She's on her lunch break at Glenbard South High School, but she steers clear of the ca...