Education
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NIU looking to attract international studentsJan 20, 2014 3:11 pm - DEKALB, Ill. — Northern Illinois University is making an effort to attract more international students. “We believe higher education fails a student if we do not provide...
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Non-English classes ‘foreign’ rather than ‘worldly’ in Dist. 303Jan 20, 2014 2:52 pm - Board members approve change to call them ‘foreign’ like they once were
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Longtime Pioneer Sholes volunteers honoredJan 20, 2014 12:11 pm - Hazel and Art Clauter of Geneva have spent more than 30 years in a one-room schoolhouse. But not as students or teachers. The Clauters, now in their 90s, are longtime vo...
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It’s important to understand how your body worksJan 20, 2014 10:53 am - You wanted to know Students in Elise Diaz’s fifth-grade class at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth asked these questions about how the body works: “What determines trait...
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Two Warren Twp. High board members say no to iPads and emailJan 20, 2014 4:30 am - As more local governments move toward providing personal tablet computers and email accounts for elected officials, two board members at Warren Township High School in G...
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Dist. 214 holds parenting classesJan 19, 2014 1:29 pm - Registration is now open to all area parents interested in the Northwest Suburban High School District 214’s winter lecture and discussion series, “What Every Parent Nee...
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Arlington Hts. Science Olympiad a place for kids to belongJan 18, 2014 1:22 pm - South Middle School students Patrick Shalton and Derek Prusener have on clear goal in mind for this year — making the Science Olympiad nationals. The eighth-graders are ...
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Weight and see at MooseheartJan 18, 2014 7:00 am - The 28th annual Bridge Breaking contest, one of the longest-running traditions at Moosheart, took place Friday. As with the previous 27 contests, this year’s was under ...
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District 57 contract negotiations getting heatedJan 17, 2014 4:38 pm - After almost a year of negotiating, contract talks in Mount Prospect Elementary District 57 are no closer to a resolution. Both the school board president and education ...
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Gurnee park preschool:Jan 17, 2014 9:56 am - The Gurnee Park District will host two open house events in January for its Growing Tree Preschool, a news release stated. They are set for Thursday, Jan. 23, from 5:30 ...