Education
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Improving DuPage scores show 'teaching math finally makes sense'Oct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Students at many West suburban elementary schools are showing more growth in math than in reading despite new math standards educators say are more rigorous. Math scores...
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Where school scores soared in Lake CountyOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Students at Pritchett Elementary School in Buffalo Grove scored significantly better on the state's most recent standardized tests than they did the previous year, one o...
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Best and worst on Fox Valley report cardsOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - A majority of Fox Valley high schools saw an increase in their ACT composite scores, according to 2014 Illinois Report Card data released today. Only 10 of 23 high schoo...
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Personal attention improving Tri-Cities school scoresOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Kaneland McDole Elementary School in Montgomery is celebrating today as the 2014 school report cards are released. The student body showed significant improvement, y...
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Stevenson High again earns top marks on report cardsOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Stevenson High School's latest scores on the ACT college entrance exam and the Prairie State Achievement Exam were among the best in Lake County, newly released data sho...
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Northwest suburban schools grow more in math than readingOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Two plus two is the same in every language. There's no trick answer, there's no need for context or comprehension to find the answer. For those reasons and a few others...
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State officials: No more 'failing' schools this yearOct 31, 2014 5:00 am - There are no more “failing” schools in Illinois, state education officials say. The 2014 Illinois Report Card released today instead gives credit for students making som...
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Dist. 54's 1,000-book classrooms praisedOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - The Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 school board plans to visit 19 teachers across the district in November to praise them for filling their classroom librari...
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Union leader backs county commissioner for Chicago mayorOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis has thrown her support behind a Cook County commissioner's effort to unseat Rahm Emanuel as the city's mayor. Lewis was cons...
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New District 79 board member:Oct 31, 2014 1:01 am - The Fremont Elementary District 79 school board has selected Gabriela Lucero Whipple to fill the vacancy left when Sandra Bickley moved out of the area. Whipple, a Hawth...