Education
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GPS speaker to discuss college transition and accommodations for students with learning differencesNov 26, 2024 12:15 pm - On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host learning disabilities specialist Elizabeth Hamblet in a presentation titled “Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities.”
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‘Ready to go’: Long-delayed Harper College project finally breaks groundNov 23, 2024 12:30 pm - Delayed by a historic state budget stalemate and the pandemic, a building project decades in the making finally has broken ground at Harper College in Palatine.
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Elgin Community College names 2025 NISOD Award winnersNov 22, 2024 9:08 pm - Elgin Community College selects five employees to receive the 2025 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards.
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GPS event to help students reduce stress and increase academic performanceNov 22, 2024 8:27 pm - On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “A Skills Blueprint for Better Grades and Less Stress” with author Ana Homayoun.
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Should state require background checks from school board candidates?Nov 22, 2024 12:48 pm - Delegates at the annual Illinois Association of School Boards conference are deciding the fate of a proposal to advocate for criminal background checks of all school board candidates.
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‘He can park anywhere...except his public high school’: District, student in fight over parking in lotNov 21, 2024 2:48 pm - An Elgin family and Burlington-based Central Unit School District 301 are at odds over whether a student can use an accessible parking placard at his high school without a school parking pass.
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GPS author to speak on encouraging autonomy while maintaining boundariesNov 21, 2024 12:02 am - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Balanced & Steady Parenting: Reduce Parental Burnout and Raise Competent, Independent Kids” with psychologist and author Emily Edlynn.
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How Harper College’s Learning and Career Center changes the lives of students — and staffNov 19, 2024 3:42 pm - Harper College’s Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights has changed the lives of students and staff.
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Marmion Academy is going coed, but not all are on board with the changeNov 19, 2024 10:32 am - Marmion Academy’s decision to welcome female students in 2026 surprises some.
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McHenry High School offers new certified nursing assistant class to biomedical science programNov 18, 2024 5:30 pm - A new lab space and certified nursing assistant program opened with the new school year at McHenry Community High School, and teachers hope it will help students build strong foundations for any type of health care career.