Education
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Cupcakes or quinoa? How several school districts regulate snacksJul 12, 2014 8:00 am - Jennifer Nickels' complaints about a teacher rewarding her 7-year-old daughter and other Dundee Highlands Elementary School students with candy during the school day pro...
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New law to help students with dyslexiaJul 12, 2014 1:01 am - A new Illinois law aims to help dyslexic students by training educators on how to better identify and teach young people with the learning disability. The measure signed...
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U of I speeding up search for new presidentJul 12, 2014 1:01 am - URBANA, Ill. - University of Illinois officials are speeding up the search for a new president, saying they now hope to select someone before Thanksgiving. The president...
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NIU forms sex assault task forceJul 11, 2014 1:01 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University has formed a task force to implement White House recommendations on sexual assault prevention. The (DeKalb) Daily Ch...
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CLC golf fundraiser results:Jul 10, 2014 1:01 am - The College of Lake County Foundation's annual Joan Legat Memorial Golf Outing, held June 9 at the Glen Flora Country Club in Waukegan, raised more than $30,000 for the ...
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DuPage County Board approves heroin programming for schoolsJul 09, 2014 5:00 am - This fall, students at a dozen schools in DuPage County will learn about the dangers of heroin through a program created by the Robert Crown Centers for Health Education...
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Illinois manages to send schools' checks on timeJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois schools have received promised grant payments from the state on time for the first time since 2007 - but in another sign of the state's precarious financial sit...
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U-46 seeks bilingual, special education teachersJul 09, 2014 1:01 am - Bilingual and special education teachers are in demand at Elgin Area School District U-46. The state's second-largest school district with more than 40,000 students is h...
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Harper debuting programs at Prospect Heights branchJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Harper College will host a pair of informational sessions this month at its newly renovated Prospect Heights facility. The Learning and Career Center will debut new prog...
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Junior sleuths hard at work at McHenry County CollegeJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - It wasn't a major criminal investigation like most of the fifth- and sixth-graders might have wanted. But the young students in the Introduction to Forensics and Biometi...