Education
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How one poor school in Carpentersville is making big gains on testsJun 23, 2015 5:00 am - Sunny Hill in Carpentersville starts with making sure kids have enough to eat.
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Board member's information quest not cool with District 50 colleaguesJun 23, 2015 1:00 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 board member Vincent Juarez has been publicly scolded for filing an open-records request that led to the agency providing about 6,000 pag...
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Summer learning at WaubonseeJun 22, 2015 11:00 pm - There is a common myth that summer is a relatively quiet time for everyone in education; not so at Waubonsee. While the number of traditional credit courses offered and ...
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Lower income equals lower test scores in our schoolsJun 22, 2015 5:00 am - A Daily Herald and WBEZ analysis shows the devastating effect of poverty in Illinois classrooms
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St. Patrick hires principalJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - Mary Vitulli has been hired as the new principal at St. Patrick School in Wadsworth, starting July 1, the Rev. Fred Pesek, pastor at St. Patrick parish, has announced. V...
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Monks sue Benedictine University, say rights are being deniedJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - Seven monks from Lisle's St. Procopius Abbey filed a lawsuit Monday against Benedictine University's board of trustees and its president, William J. Carroll. In the comp...
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DuPage Foundation gives $240,000 in grants for kindergarten readinessJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - The DuPage Foundation's board has approved $240,000 in grants from its Bright & Early DuPage initiative to further the efforts of local collaboratives focused on improvi...
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Why more students are taking summer classes in NapervilleJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - Summer school isn't just for students who are at risk of falling behind. It's also for students who want to get ahead - at least in Naperville Unit District 203. The di...
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River Trails Middle School wins national Green Ribbon AwardJun 22, 2015 1:00 am - River Trails Middle School was the only school in Illinois to win a federal Green Ribbon Award this year for its efforts to cut utility costs, develop healthy living pra...
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Generations at Risk: Four-part series about the effects of poverty on education, starts MondayJun 21, 2015 1:00 am - What if the way we've been judging schools in Illinois for years is wrong? Every year when school report card data comes out, the top schools - or the schools with the ...