Education
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Constable: National Guard recruiting, roles evolvingAug 20, 2014 1:00 am - Quaint and easy to remember, the National Guard's once-popular recruiting slogan just disappeared after Sept. 11, 2001. “Oh, it certainly did,” says Lt. Col. Daniel A. R...
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School supplies drives ease back-to-school costs for needy familiesAug 19, 2014 11:00 pm - For Waukegan resident Melissa Rivera, $300 could go toward her house mortgage and food, but it's also the amount needed to buy school supplies for her four children. "Th...
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Editorial: Everyone has a stake in fighting truancyAug 19, 2014 5:01 am - The new school year begins in classrooms throughout the suburbs, arriving on the wings of excitement, hope and promise. There's something refreshing about the first day....
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U-46 criticized for paying parents $1,000 in minority leadership programAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - A program that helps develop parent leaders from within the Latino and black communities of Elgin Area School District U-46 has come under fire from some district taxpay...
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Roosevelt in Northwest suburbs for nearly 40 yearsAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - The story of Roosevelt University began in Chicago at the end of World War II, but it wasn't long before the school reached out and found a home in the suburbs. The univ...
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Long-standing D303 mold lawsuit could be overAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - Nearly 12 years of litigation stemming from a mold outbreak at St. Charles East High School in 2001 might be over as school board members recently cut a $660,000 check t...
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Lake Villa school starts school year as home for kindergarten program in new districtAug 19, 2014 1:01 am - Just as it has since 1910, the school building at Grand Avenue and Route 83 in Lake Villa teemed with students and teachers Tuesday. Only a few months ago, it seemed Jos...
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Indian Prairie board members factoring heat into budgetAug 19, 2014 1:00 am - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 school board members have their eyes on the weather forecast as they prepare to approve their next budget. The board on Monday night ten...
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Mundelein High superintendent touts STEM expansionAug 18, 2014 5:00 am - Mundelein High School officials aren't just talking about the importance of science, technology, engineering and math education for today's youth. They're putting their ...
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District 118 board to honor former member Thomas A. Weber Sr.Aug 18, 2014 1:01 am - The Wauconda Unit District 118 school board will posthumously honor former member Thomas A. Weber Sr. this week. Weber, 65, of Wauconda, suffered a fatal stroke in May. ...