Education
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U-46 aims to mentor its most vulnerable studentsJul 01, 2013 5:30 am - Among its approximately 41,000 students, Elgin Area School District U-46 had about 2,000 middle and high schoolers with at least two failing grades and five absences dur...
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District 59 appoints new ELL headJun 30, 2013 11:43 am - The Elk Grove Township Elementary School District 59 board has approved the appointment of Maureen McAbee as executive director of English Language Learning, replacing S...
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Efforts ongoing to keep pilot training in UrbanaJun 30, 2013 10:47 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Efforts are under way to keep pilot training in the Champaign-Urbana area after the University of Illinois Institute of Aviation closes next year. The ...
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Elgin mom advocates for parents to skip immunizationsJun 30, 2013 8:00 am - Shortly after posting on her Facebook page that she was looking to take her toddler to a chickenpox party and expose him to the virus, Hollie Redinger realized she was i...
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Some think religious vaccination exemption is too broadJun 30, 2013 8:00 am - Illinois has two types of exemptions allowing unvaccinated kids to stay in school: One calls for a doctor’s note if, for example, a child is allergic to a certain vaccin...
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Post-recession, higher education paths divergeJun 30, 2013 7:05 am - CHONGQING, China — Determined to learn their way out of the Great Recession — or eager to rise above the deprivation of developing lands — unprecedented millions of peop...
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4 ways higher education has changed, post recessionJun 30, 2013 6:27 am - More urgent. More crowded. More expensive. Also, more flexible and accessible to millions. That, in a nutshell, is how higher education has changed around the world in t...
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Van Pelt to retire from Lake Villa Elementary District 41 in 2014Jun 28, 2013 4:27 pm - Lake Villa Elementary District 41 Superintendent John Van Pelt said he will end his education career that started more than 30 years ago and half a world away in Austral...
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Community colleges connect employers with job seekersJun 28, 2013 6:11 am - For decades, a core mission — and strength — of community colleges has been to prepare students for successful careers. Numerous industries hire community college gradu...
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St. Charles school district plans deficitJun 28, 2013 5:30 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 school board members are poised to approve a budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that spends more money than the district will take in. Perh...