Education
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Waubonsie hosts conference on 'new era' in geneticsFeb 26, 2016 5:00 am - There was a time when learning genetics in high school meant drawing a chart like a tic-tac-toe board, scribbling out the father's traits and the mother's traits and try...
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District 211 hosting community presentations on gender identityFeb 26, 2016 4:35 am - In the wake of its decision to allow a transgender student limited access to a girls locker room, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will host five community e...
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St. Charles schools officials to ask voters for money, but when?Feb 26, 2016 4:30 am - The revitalized version of St. Charles' Thompson Middle School will remain at Main and 7th streets. But how glossy that revitalization will be, and when voters will get ...
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Lake Zurich 3rd-graders present solutions to Cuba Marsh problemsFeb 26, 2016 4:30 am - Third-graders' investigation of environmental problems at a forest preserve and presentations before two government agencies this week showed how some Lake Zurich studen...
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Streamwood High's cafeteria piano transforms lunch hoursFeb 26, 2016 12:00 am - What happens when you place a piano in the middle of a bustling student cafeteria? It spurs spontaneous eruptions of hidden musical talent, students toe-tapping and sing...
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Educator's gift of $100,000 will benefit Lake County literacy programsFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - The volunteers and staff at the Waukegan Public Library likely never met Helen N. Morrow, but the late educator's lifelong passion will go a long way in helping their mi...
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STEM event shows Glen Ellyn students 'anything's possible'Feb 25, 2016 12:00 am - So you flunked a math test. Or you just don't see yourself as a "numbers person." That's no reason to close the door on a career in STEM, engineers, scientists and entre...
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Woodland sets 2016-17 school calendarFeb 25, 2016 12:00 am - Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50 has announced its 2016-17 school calendar. School board members approved the new calendar at a meeting Tuesday night. Offici...
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More parents speak out against District 220 9:30 a.m. start timeFeb 24, 2016 4:00 am - Parents once again filled 300 folding chairs in the Barrington High School cafeteria for lengthy Barrington Area Unit School District 220 board discussions about later s...
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Waukegan High Drum and Bugle Corps to get new drumsFeb 24, 2016 12:00 am - The Waukegan High School JROTC Drum and Bugle Corps will receive new donated equipment from a nonprofit organization next month. Bravo Waukegan, a group that supports th...