Education
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Some camp out all night for school supplies at ECCAug 09, 2014 11:00 pm - Thousands of area residents joined dozens of their neighbors — who already had camped out overnight — to get a free backpack filled with school supplies Saturday at the ...
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District 214 turns 100, plans year of celebrationAug 08, 2014 5:00 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will celebrate its 100th birthday during the 2014-2015 school year and kicked off the centennial festivities at Thursday's bo...
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Batavia teacher contract talks progressingAug 08, 2014 1:01 am - Batavia teachers might start the new school year Aug. 18 without a new contract, but negotiators are making progress. The negotiators met two full days this week, and ar...
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New staffers at Mundelein High School for the 2014-15 academic yearAug 07, 2014 11:00 pm - Nineteen people will join the Mundelein High School staff when the 2014-15 term begins on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The new employees include: • Jaime Adkins, a physical educati...
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Jon Guillaume promises to be "a visible principal" at Vernon Hills HighAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - As excited as Jon Guillaume is to be starting his first year as Vernon Hills High School's principal, the veteran educator knows the job is a huge responsibility. It's n...
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New U of I union will have to wait on raisesAug 07, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Some members of a new union for faculty members who aren't on tenure tracks at the University of Illinois will have to wait to get raises that had alre...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison expects second-largest class in 9 yearsAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - MADISON, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Madison is expecting its second-largest class of state-resident freshmen in nine years this fall. The university saw its larg...
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Southern Illinois teachers file strike noticeAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - HIGHLAND, Ill. - Teachers in a southern Illinois school district have filed a notice of intent to strike as contract negotiations are ongoing. The Belleville News-De...
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ISU prepping for large incoming freshman classAug 06, 2014 1:01 am - NORMAL - Illinois State University is expecting a large incoming freshman class this year. Move-in day at the Normal school is next week. The Pantagraph reports the scho...
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District 50 to host proof of residency event Aug. 12-13Aug 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Woodland Elementary District 50 hosts its eighth annual proof of residency event from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, and Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Woodland Middle ...