Education
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First-generation students find open doors at community collegesApr 19, 2016 11:00 pm - First-generation college students are in many ways the core of community colleges, which were originally designed to provide equal access to higher education. Serving t...
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House OKs plan calling on community colleges to make classes free for high school studentsApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - House lawmakers unanimously passed a proposal Tuesday calling on community colleges to make courses available to high school students for free. Sponsored by state Rep. ...
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Dueling proposals trying to keep state universities open in the fallApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - A suburban Republican lawmaker wants to send Illinois universities four months worth of state funding to try to ensure they open their doors for the next school year. ...
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Efficient Showerheads Idea Wins "Come Clean, Go Green" 2016 AwardsApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - ROMEOVILLE- Ideas for more efficient showerheads, drip irrigation systems and sensitive sprinklers won awards in the Come Clean, Go Green 2016 Event sponsored by Lewis U...
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All Wauconda High freshmen to get Chromebooks in fallApr 19, 2016 1:00 am - All incoming freshmen at Wauconda High School will be assigned district-owned computers for use in and out of classrooms under a program set to rollout this fall. It's t...
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National Merit Scholarship winners announcedApr 18, 2016 11:00 pm - National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently released the names of the first group of winners in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship Program. More than 1,000 di...
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Resigning Dist. 203 board member says group needs 'new ideas'Apr 18, 2016 5:00 am - Suzyn Price is stepping down after 13 years on the Naperville Unit District 203 school board, saying a clash of personalities over the past several months indicates a ne...
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Report: Big disparity in how the nation pays for public schoolsApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - Even as Illinois debates a new school funding plan, the achievement gap between the nation's wealthiest and poorest students is growing dramatically. That's one of the f...
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Elgin High School culinary arts students win state competitionApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - Eight Elgin High School students who took first place at a state culinary competition will compete at the national level later this month. The school's culinary arts stu...
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District 118 superintendent honoredApr 18, 2016 1:00 am - Wauconda Unit District 118 Superintendent Daniel Coles has been named the 2016 Superintendent of Distinction by the Lake Region of the Illinois Association of School Adm...