Education
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Dist. 211 receives $40,000 grant from MotorolaAug 27, 2013 2:07 pm - Palatine Schaumburg High School District 211 has been awarded a $40,000 grant that will support three new courses in the applied technology department, the district anno...
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Some school districts quit healthier lunch programAug 27, 2013 1:56 pm - After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses...
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Cardiac screening planned for students at seven schoolsAug 27, 2013 12:18 pm - The Max Schewitz Foundation kicks off its sixth year of Screens for Teens, an EKG-based cardiac screening program on Sept. 11 at College of Lake County. Students receiv...
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Fifth Maine West student says he was a hazing victimAug 27, 2013 12:00 pm - Maine West student says he was assaulted by soccer players
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Batavia school board, parents talk prioritiesAug 27, 2013 11:19 am - Save the arts. Save the trees. Save the taxpayers. The Batavia school board spent almost two hours Tuesday listening to people plead with it. Most were there to speak ab...
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Gigi’s Playhouse national headquarters approved by Hoffman EstatesAug 27, 2013 10:00 am - The Hoffman Estates village board granted a special use permit Monday for the new Gigi’s Playhouse national headquarters, planned to be triple the size of organization’s...
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District 300 praised for smaller class sizes this yearAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - Last year when Community Unit District 300 teachers walked the picket line, advocating for change during contract negotiations, they chanted about how their working cond...
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Some schools sweating through heat wave without air conditioningAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - With the heat index inching closer to 100 degrees this week, students in some suburban schools are trying to keep cool without the benefit of air conditioning in the cla...
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What are the Common Core State Standards?Aug 26, 2013 6:24 pm - The Common Core State Standards have been adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia with the goal of better preparing the nation’s students for college or a job....
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Body found near route students take to schoolAug 26, 2013 4:37 pm - Authorities say a body was found in garbage container located nearly a block from a route taken by Chicago children to their public school. Police say the body was found...