Education
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Free cardiac screenings are saving young livesSep 03, 2014 1:01 pm - Elgin High School Principal Jerry Cook is on a mission to ensure all 2,500 Elgin High students have an opportunity to be screened for signs of heart problems this month....
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U-46 still filling administrative, support staff vacanciesSep 03, 2014 5:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are still interviewing candidates to fill a few administrative vacancies, including a fine arts coordinator and special educati...
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Dist. 62 Foundation reports at school board meetingSep 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Elementary School District 62 Foundation officers Susie Adams and Julie Luck Jensen reviewed the grants that were funded during the 2013-2014 school year and...
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Editorial: The shift to a school calendar that makes senseSep 02, 2014 1:01 am - Some of the best ideas are those that make sense for all the right reasons. They're efficient, cost-effective and play to the strengths of everyone involved. They often ...
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Retired teachers luncheon, meeting:Sep 01, 2014 1:01 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Lambs Farm restaurant at Route 176 and the Tri-State Tollway near Libertyville. Th...
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SIU hoping enrollment doesn't fall again this yearSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - Officials at Southern Illinois University say they're "guardedly optimistic" new figures will show an end to a trend of dropping enrollments. The Sout...
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Mount Prospect teacher honored at MLB All-Star GameSep 01, 2014 1:01 am - Mount Prospect teacher 1 of 30 educators honored at Major League Baseball's All-Star Game
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Roosevelt move part of 'tectonic shift' in educationAug 31, 2014 11:00 pm - Collar counties are struggling, but Chicago is on upswing
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Mundelein High students using laptops in all classes for new tech initiativeAug 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Walking into Jeff Harding's classroom at Mundelein High School, it's tough to tell the students are there to learn algebra. Instead of staring at a teacher scrawling mat...
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Obama college ratings drive wedge as state schools show supportAug 30, 2014 11:00 pm - BOSTON — State universities are backing President Barack Obama's proposed score card for U.S. colleges in the hope it will steer more federal aid to them and away from u...