Education
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Buffalo Grove teen wins award:Apr 30, 2014 1:01 am - A Stevenson High School student has received an Illinois High School Musical Theater Award. Jonah Rawitz of Buffalo Grove was tapped for the honor. He is one of two Illi...
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Sandy Hook mom gives school safety advice to suburban educators, first respondersApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - The morning of Dec. 14, 2012, started like any other for Michele Gay and her family. Her husband headed to work, she got two of her daughters ready for school and then t...
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Dance coach fired after 'Blurred Lines' files complaintApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - MARSHFIELD, Wis. - A dance coach fired after her team performed to Robin Thicke's popular but racy hit "Blurred Lines" has filed a discrimination complaint with the Wisc...
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Batavia middle school sexting investigatedApr 30, 2014 1:00 am - Police say dozen kids send nude photographs over cellphones
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Elgin woman finalist for U-46 vacancyApr 30, 2014 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has named a finalist to fill a vacancy on the seven-member school board. The school board Monday night is expected to appoint Linda Campo...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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District 300 renews push for late state fundsApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - Community Unit District 300 officials kicked off a legislative campaign Monday night, one they hope results in the state handing over between $35 million and $60 million...
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District 59 delays move on cutting hours at RidgeApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board has delayed a decision on cutting class times by as much as 70 minutes a day at the Ridge Family Center for Le...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...
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SIU installs solar-powered picnic tableApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - Students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale have a solar-powered way to charge their electronic devices, just by sitting at a picnic table....