Education
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West Chicago High’s Leslie Fireman honored as JEA Rising StarSep 09, 2024 1:07 pm - Leslie Fireman, a teacher and adviser for West Chicago Community High School’s online publication, The Chronicle, has been recognized as one of nine recipients of the Jo...
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GPS Parent Series community read focuses on family relationships and forging one’s own identitySep 09, 2024 11:30 am - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present its 2024 community read, "Crying in H Mart: A Memoir," with musician, author and director Michelle Zauner on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
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Social worker Yahtzeni Gonzalez to give 2024 César Chavéz lecture on Sept. 11Sep 06, 2024 7:30 pm - Yahtzeni “Zeni” Gonzalez will talk about her life and work when she presents “Born Out of … and the Struggle Continues,” this year’s César Chavéz Intercultural Lecture at Elmhurst University.
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GPS speaker to celebrate leadership skills and highlight overcoming challenges Sept. 17Sep 06, 2024 5:41 pm - FUSE: Families United in Support of Excellence for all, especially students that identify as African American, Black or biracial and the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host VaLarie Humphrey in a program titled “Own Your Own Future.”
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Former NBA player to share journey of recovery at GPS Parent SeriesSep 06, 2024 5:28 pm - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Prevention Starts With All: The Chris Herren Story” with former NBA player Chris Herren on Thursday, Sep...
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Coming home: Two District 99 faculty members return to teach at their alma mater
Sep 06, 2024 11:09 am - Two new faculty members at Downers Grove Community High School District 99 are coming home again as they return to the schools they once attended as students.
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New middle school in Hoffman Estates a big step forward for District 15Sep 05, 2024 10:13 pm - Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 has officially moved forward.Improvements at all 12 buildings targeted by the successful $93 million Moving 15 Forward 2022 referendum are complete, on time and on budget.The district celebrated one of the projects, the building addition to Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Hoffman Estates and its conversion to a middle school, with a ribbon cutting Thursday.
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University of Illinois settles federal civil rights complaintSep 04, 2024 8:39 pm - Following more than 130 incidents of antisemitism and anti-Muslim discrimination at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign between 2015 and December 2023, the school announced Wednesday it will comply with federal civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination based on national origin, including Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian or Arab ancestry.
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MCC debuts Foglia Center for Advanced Technology and InnovationSep 04, 2024 9:39 am - McHenry County College in Crystal Lake this week opened the Foglia Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation, a $29.6 million, state-of-the-art hub for skilled trades education and innovation.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.