Education
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U-46 has mostly smooth start to new school yearAug 19, 2013 3:57 pm - Last week not a single student was transported by school bus in Elgin Area School District U-46. Monday, 26,000 students were taken to 53 schools. Friday not a single s...
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Classes begin at Carmel Catholic HighAug 19, 2013 11:00 am - When students at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein reported for the first day of classes Monday, they were greeted by a new principal. Mark Ostap, formerly an ass...
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U-46 offers up balanced budget for 2014Aug 19, 2013 4:37 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators offered a balanced budget to the board of education Monday night but one that included plenty of sobering details. Proper...
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Some locals still fighting Common CoreAug 18, 2013 8:03 am - The new Common Core State Standards for reading and math are not without their critics. Erin Raasch, a Villa Park mom, runs the website StopCommonCoreIL.org. She aggrega...
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New curriculum standards change suburban classroomsAug 18, 2013 8:00 am - Times are changing, and classrooms are changing along with them. For this year’s start of the eighth-grade math class Evan Borkowski teaches at Algonquin Middle School,...
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Poll: Parents back high-stakes testingAug 17, 2013 4:39 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to mea...
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Schools must teach birth control in sex edAug 16, 2013 8:38 pm - Students in Illinois public schools that teach sex education will now be taught about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abstinence. Gov. Pat Qui...
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Back-to-School Mass:Aug 15, 2013 6:03 pm - St. Patrick School, 15020 Wadsworth Road in Wadsworth, will kickoff the new school year with a Mass on Sunday, Aug. 18 at 5 p.m. in the parish church. The Rev. Fred Pese...
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Dist. 15 must offer choice to students at seven schoolsAug 15, 2013 10:47 am - Whiteley in Hoffman Estates only one to make Adequate Yearly Progress
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Three Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 schools to offer choiceAug 15, 2013 5:30 am - With the first day of school just a week away, parents at three Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 elementary schools have a choice to make, and quickly. Parents with...