Education
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Tiny Rondout district to begin sesquicentennial activitesAug 22, 2013 5:30 am - Saturday's back-to-school picnic for Rondout Elementary School near Lake Forest will have a decidedly different feel, with the focus on the past rather than the future. ...
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A timely perspective on what happens in schoolsAug 22, 2013 5:00 am - It’s hard to believe that whole weeks have passed since we’ve written or said anything about teacher pensions, even as the state’s debt to them accumulates at that now-m...
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Editorial: Reining in school registration feesAug 22, 2013 5:00 am - You’ve bought the construction paper and the scissors, the planner and the calculator, the classroom Kleenex and wet wipes. If you’re the parent of a suburban public sch...
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Editorial: Reining in school registration feesAug 22, 2013 5:00 am - You’ve bought the construction paper and the scissors, the planner and the calculator, the classroom Kleenex and wet wipes. If you’re the parent of a suburban public sch...
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New principals, new starts in Fox ValleyAug 21, 2013 6:00 pm - The leadership lineup was shuffled a bit for St. Charles schools, which opened Wednesday. Five schools got new principals. They are St. Charles North, with Audra Christe...
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Mayor: All of Chicago to help with ‘safe passage’Aug 21, 2013 5:39 pm - Workers hired to help kids get to and from school safely will be “on the front lines” when Chicago Public Schools begin classes. But Mayor Rahm Emanuel said they won’t ...
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Reading tutors sought:Aug 21, 2013 5:10 pm - United Way of Lake County is seeking volunteers as reading tutors in Waukegan classrooms. Fifty-seven percent of third graders in Waukegan can’t read at grade level. Tra...
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2 hit by blowgun darts at U of IAug 21, 2013 3:52 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Champaign police say two people have been shot with blowgun darts as they walked at the University of Illinois campus this week. Police said Wednesday ...
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No device found after ISU bomb threatAug 21, 2013 3:51 pm - NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University President Timothy J. Flanagan says nothing suspicious has been found a day after a handwritten bomb threat was discovered in a b...
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Elgin middle school safely evacuated after gas leakAug 21, 2013 11:00 am - Students were evacuated for a few hours on Wednesday from Abbott Middle School in Elgin after a road construction crew caused a gas leak, Elgin police said. The leak was...