Education
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St. Charles schools surveying parent satisfactionDec 04, 2013 4:30 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 officials hope for a third straight year of record-breaking happy moms and dads when they unveil the 22nd annual parent satisfaction survey...
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Home-schooler petitions Dist. 207 to play sportsDec 03, 2013 4:45 pm - Fifteen-year-old Nick Peterson began practicing with the Maine West High School wrestling team last month, but four days into practice, school officials told him to hang...
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Teachers, unions unhappy with pension deal, vow legal challengeDec 03, 2013 4:00 pm - In the aftermath of the Illinois House and Senate passing pension reform legislation Tuesday, leaders of several suburban teachers unions said they were unhappy with the...
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Former Round Lake Mayor James Lumber diesDec 03, 2013 2:54 pm - A former Round Lake mayor who also was the College of Lake County’s first board chairman is being remembered as a friendly and kind person who cared deeply for the commu...
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Common Core yields odd political allegiancesDec 03, 2013 12:42 pm - WASHINGTON — To say that new academic standards have yielded strange bedfellows would be an understatement. Republican-on-Republican infighting? Teacher unions linking a...
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Dozens gather to remember 1958 parish school fireDec 02, 2013 4:41 pm - About 150 people attended a special Mass in Chicago to mark the 55th anniversary of a school fire that killed 95 people. Survivors and relatives of people who died in th...
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District 116 forum on possible Round Lake High School expansionDec 02, 2013 12:33 pm - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 hosts a community forum Tuesday to include discussion on the possibility of a referendum to authorize borrowing for a high school expan...
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Meet Santa at MHS:Dec 02, 2013 9:08 am - The Mundelein High School vocal music department will host its annual Breakfast with Santa Craft & Gift Boutique on Saturday, Dec. 14, the school said in a news release....
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Retired teachers to meet:Dec 02, 2013 8:51 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 10, at Lambs Farm restaurant, at Route 176 and I-94, near Libertyville, the organization ...
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Education topic of citizens meeting:Dec 01, 2013 10:50 am - Parents, teachers, administrators, and school board members can discuss the state of education in the community, share their ideas for future legislation, identify conce...