Education
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Conant students win award at Hyperloop contestFeb 10, 2016 5:00 am - Conant senior Nick Pope of Elk Grove Village digs astronomy and exploring our place in the cosmos, but what really drives him is another Space Age idea conceived by mill...
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Input 220 panel recommends Barrington High start at 9 a.m. or laterFeb 10, 2016 4:30 am - After around a year of research, an advisory panel tasked with studying whether Barrington Area Unit School District 220 students would benefit by starting their school ...
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Warren Township High to explore later start timesFeb 10, 2016 4:00 am - Warren Township High School in Gurnee plans to explore the possibility of later start times for students. At a meeting Tuesday night, board members agreed with a recomme...
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State allows three suburban school districts to take out low-interest loansFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Three suburban school districts are among 29 districts statewide authorized to borrow money through low- to no-interest bonds for construction and maintenance projects. ...
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Support growing for career, technical educationFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Every February, the Association for Career and Technical Education promotes CTE Month, a public awareness campaign celebrating the accomplishments of CTE programs across...
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District 15 taxpayers quiet at life-safety bond hearingFeb 10, 2016 12:00 am - Taxpayers in Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 made no comments during a public hearing Wednesday on the district's plan to issue $27.3 million in life-saf...
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Editorial: We all benefit from programs like Harper's 'Promise'Feb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - Harper College still has a ways to go before it fully delivers on its promise of free tuition to any high school student who meets certain grade-point and attendance cri...
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NEW 200 Foundation hosts first STEM ExpoFeb 09, 2016 10:00 pm - More than 700 students, parents and community members recently learned about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, during the NEW 200 Foundation's first ST...
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Portable classrooms planned for Geneva HighFeb 09, 2016 4:38 am - Geneva High School students could attend some classes in portable rooms next school year. The school board Monday authorized a letter of intent to buy a used, six-classr...
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Will St. Charles get a Silver Glen Middle School?Feb 09, 2016 4:37 am - A new, larger Thompson Middle School in St. Charles might not involve keeping any part of the existing school or even keeping the building at its current location. But t...