Education
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Wheeling High students take invention from class to business launchFeb 27, 2016 6:10 am - Wheeling High School teacher John Kritek assigned his entrepreneurship class a simple exercise: name a problem, then think of the solution. Then-juniors Ryan Caulfield a...
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Dist. 131 teachers, staff reject latest proposed contractFeb 27, 2016 12:00 am - Teachers and staff of East Aurora Unit District 131 will return to the negotiating table after they rejected their third proposed contract Friday. The union members and ...
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Glendale Heights student named Time For Kids reporterFeb 26, 2016 10:00 am - Glendale Heights eighth-grader chosen to be Time For Kids reporter
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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...