Education
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Why Naperville teacher's summer at sea helps studentsOct 12, 2015 8:00 am - The people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must have sensed Leah Johnson's genuine nature as strongly as her students and co-workers do. When the ...
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Everyday science at CLCOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - "Materials Science: The Chemistry of Everyday Stuff," an evening of demonstrations designed for high-school and college students, will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 5,...
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Rock tossing releases struggles for Naperville studentsOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - The calm of the glassy pond in front of Crone Middle School in Naperville was briefly shattered Thursday morning as sixth-graders filled its waters with their struggles....
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NYT 'Your Money' columnist to speak in LincolnshireOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - Ron Lieber, New York Times "Your Money" columnist, will present his book "The Opposite of Spoiled" from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Stevenson High School Perf...
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Elgin school among three statewide to win fitness centerOct 09, 2015 1:00 am - With a new, state-of-the-art fitness center, Abbott Middle School in Elgin is on its way to becoming the healthiest school in the Elgin-area district. "That is the goal,...
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What makes Longfellow a Blue Ribbon school? Teachers like Barb WilliamsOct 08, 2015 8:00 am - Barb Williams doesn't want to brag. Yes, she's popular, but she's really telling a humbling story. "You know that scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life'?" Williams says. An ...
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Woodlands Academy announces first recipient of alumna achievement awardOct 08, 2015 5:00 am - Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Asset Management division, is the inaugural recipient of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart's ...
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Dist. 211 opens talks on 2015 tax levyOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Before an audience that included a few of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's tax watchdogs, district administrators Wednesday started from scratch in explain...
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District 300 teachers get 4 percent raisesOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - More than 1,400 teachers in Community Unit District 300 will receive 4 percent raises for each of the four years of the contract, which includes 2 percent step and 2 per...
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How dual-language learning is taking hold in West ChicagoOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Tammara Mejia asks her first-grade students something in Spanish and they respond in English. Down the hall, Jaime C. Torne teaches science in English and his fifth-gra...