Education
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Enrollment down but more diverse at ISUSep 05, 2013 4:01 pm - NORMAL, Ill. — Enrollment is slightly down at Illinois State University at the beginning of this school year, but incoming freshmen have higher GPAs and ACT scores. The ...
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Schaumburg school gets gift of Chinese drumsSep 05, 2013 3:44 pm - A Chinese Immersion language program for a Schaumburg elementary school’s youngest kids has opened the door to a variety of cultural opportunities for the entire student...
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Backpacks staving off weekend hunger for some kidsSep 05, 2013 2:00 pm - A kid toting a backpack is an icon for back-to-school time. But in at least 18 area school districts, the backpack some students haul home on Friday totes more than book...
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Not a full victory for St. Charles Dist. 303 parents on grade centersSep 04, 2013 2:32 pm - A Kane County judge has ruled in favor of parents who sued St. Charles Unit District 303 to undo the conversion of Davis and Richmond schools to grade level centers. But...
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Dist. 214 naval reserve officer training students take on Lake Michigan researchSep 04, 2013 1:48 pm - Students from Northwest Suburban High School District 214 who are part of the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps will use underwater remotely operated vehicles ...
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District 103 teachers contract includes performance bonusesSep 04, 2013 1:32 pm - Lincolnshire-Prairie View Elementary District 103 teachers will be financially rewarded for excellent work under a new three-year contract. The deal, which was approved ...
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Lake County judge warns all sides to keep child out of felony theft caseSep 04, 2013 12:00 pm - A Grayslake woman and members of the Frederick School PTO were admonished by a Lake County judge Wednesday for using an 11-year-old girl as a pawn in a felony theft case...
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Prospect teen wins recognition for cancer researchSep 04, 2013 6:00 am - Apurva Belsare of Mount Prospect just turned 16 and hopes to get his driver’s license in the coming months. But in the world of science, he’s a researcher whose findings...
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Editorial: School funding key in dealing with poverty levelsSep 04, 2013 5:00 am - It’s always best to find the silver lining in news that on first blush may be less than ideal. So it is with a report in Tuesday’s Daily Herald that poverty rates in 83 ...
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Retired Antioch High yearbook adviser awarded lifetime achievement awardSep 03, 2013 5:30 am - Mark Thompson decided as a senior at Buffalo Grove High School in the 1970s that he wanted to be not only a teacher, but also a yearbook adviser. “I just connected with...