Education
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U-46 changing the way students learn scienceMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - How does a change in temperature affect an earthworm's pulse rate? Do earthworms like wet soil or dry sand? Rather than finding answers on Google or in a biology book, s...
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District 50 PTA scholarshipsMar 21, 2016 1:00 am - Woodland Elementary District 50's Parent Teacher Association is offering three $1,000 scholarships to student graduates. The scholarships are open to any Woodland gradua...
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What new perk are companies using to attract millennials?
Mar 20, 2016 5:15 am - Forget foosball tables or free snacks. The latest employee benefit for recruiting and retaining young employees is more practical. Boston-based Fidelity announced that i...
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Mount Prospect school survey finds some support for tax increaseMar 20, 2016 1:00 am - A Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 community survey found some support for exploring a referendum to better fund schools, with 63 percent of school parents and 42 p...
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Spring play at Woodland Middle SchoolMar 20, 2016 1:00 am - Woodland Middle School's drama club presents its spring production, "The Real Princess and the Pea," at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 15, and 6 p.m., Saturday, April 16, at t...
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Potential school boundary change in St. Charles troubles parentsMar 18, 2016 5:30 am - Some Anderson Elementary students who started their education with dreams of attending St. Charles East High School would instead go to St. Charles North High School in ...
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Libertyville student wins state arts poster contestMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - A Libertyville middle school student is the winner of the Illinois State Board of Education's annual arts education week poster contest. Julia Zhang, an 11-year-old sixt...
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Metea Valley musicians gain Grammy-winning statusMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - The 900 students involved in Metea Valley High School's music program received a major honor Friday - a Grammy - that proved they've arrived at the same top tier musical...
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ECC students create ice bunnies for EasterMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - Students in a beginning ice sculpting course at Elgin Community College carved Easter Bunnies, eggs and baskets out of ice Friday using chain saws and chisels. ECC is am...
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$5.7 million classroom, gym project set to begin at Libertyville schoolMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - The landscape outside Copeland Manor School in Libertyville will be different when students and staff return from spring break, which starts Monday. "Some of our movemen...