Education
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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...
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Time-lapse video: St. Peter Lutheran students form a '150'Oct 31, 2014 1:00 am - St. Peter Lutheran School started in 1864, with 16 students being taught by a local carpenter at the back of a shoemaker's shop in what would become Arlington Heights. T...
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ECC receives national equity award for diversity programsOct 31, 2014 12:01 am - An earlier version of this story should have stated that Elgin Community College is among three community colleges nationwide to receive a national equity award from...
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Harper College toasts 'Distinguished Alumni' honoreesOct 30, 2014 5:30 am - It's hard to picture David Gott, the sharply dressed general manger of Woodfield Mall, in his high school years. Long before running the day-to-day operations of the sub...
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Lake Zurich Unit District 95 critical of proposal to redistribute state education fundingOct 30, 2014 5:30 am - Concerned about the possible loss of $3 million annually, Lake Zurich Unit District 95 wants residents to encourage lawmakers to oppose a proposal that would change how ...