Education
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Waubonsee to help students with delayed grantsAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - Waubonsee Community College is working a way to help students who might not receive state grants on time this fall. Students who were promised grants by the Illinois Stu...
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Stevenson teacher wins national awardAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - Stevenson High School teacher Amy Inselberger has been named the 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Illinois from the National Association of Bi...
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COD hires new law firmsAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - Two law firms initially hired on a temporary basis by College of DuPage's new board majority will continue representing the school for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile,...
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Constable: What about selling mattresses for school fundraiser?Aug 20, 2015 5:30 am - When your daughter needed to raise money for her youth soccer team, you brought her boxes of chocolate to your office, where hungry co-workers coughed up the dough. When...
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Teens Drive Smart program in Hoffman EstatesAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Bridgestone Teens Drive Smart Driving Experience - a free, half-day program designed to equip teens and young adults with the skills to handle the challenges associa...
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Budget reflects Harper's escalating costsAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - The Harper College board of trustees on Wednesday approved a balanced spending plan that is 4.4 percent higher than last year's budget and is tentatively set at $92.2 mi...
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District 158 teachers ask board for more competitive payAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - Several Huntley Community School District 158 teachers asked for higher, more competitive pay and help with health insurance costs during Thursday night's school board m...
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COD trustees vote to begin Breuder termination proceedingsAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - A push to fire embattled College of DuPage President Robert Breuder — and perhaps rescind his nearly $763,000 buyout agreement — started in earnest Thursday night with C...
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Laptops for all at high schools in Naperville's District 203Aug 20, 2015 1:00 am - High school students in Naperville Unit District 203 went back to school this week as the first group given their own computing device for personalized learning. The De...
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Editorial: For Generations at Risk, 'iTunes U' offers education equalityAug 19, 2015 11:00 pm - In the series of stories the Daily Herald published last June under the heading Generations at Risk, 10 years' worth of numbers showed a distinct correlation between low...