Education
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Pleviak School could have new uses, Dist. 41 officials sayAug 12, 2013 9:28 am - The new school year will be the last for Lake Villa’s J.J. Pleviak Elementary School, but the 103-year-old facility isn’t headed for demolition, District 41 officials sa...
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How alcohol testing will work at St. Viator High SchoolAug 12, 2013 5:30 am - Although St. Viator High School has been conducting random drug testing for several years, the technology that allows scientists to determine how much alcohol a student ...
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Drug and alcohol testing rare in suburban schools, but views evolvingAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - Grayslake High School District 127 spent $40,000 on random drug tests for students last year. The testing program, which each year tests about 1,000 students who partici...
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Sex ed law may mean little change for most schoolsAug 12, 2013 5:15 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois schools that teach sex education will be required to provide information about birth control and sexually transmitted diseases — not just abst...
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Dundee-Crown special education teacher stresses literacyAug 12, 2013 5:00 am - Schools teach children to read until third grade, when their education shifts. Lessons about the mechanics of reading fall to the wayside as textbooks are introduced and...
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CLC wants high achieversAug 11, 2013 4:53 pm - High-achieving high school and home-schooled students and their families are invited to the Academic Scholars Expo at College of Lake County from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday,...
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Huntley transition program aims to ready special ed grads for adulthoodAug 11, 2013 8:00 am - Huntley High School special education student Tess Podraza, 18, wants to be more independent, but to reach that level she'll need more confidence and sharper life skills...
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Chicago schools release ‘safe passage’ routesAug 09, 2013 5:59 pm - Chicago Public School administrators released a map of dozens of “safe passage” routes in the city that will be used by students who have to attend new schools when clas...
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Elgin Community College event starts at 10 a.m.Aug 09, 2013 5:34 pm - Elgin Community College’s Project Backpack — its annual school supply giveaway — will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at ECC’s Spartan Events Center, 1700 Spartan Dri...
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Kaneland 302 school board member resignsAug 09, 2013 4:27 pm - The Kaneland school board will be looking for a new member to replace Joe Oberweis. Oberweis said Friday he will resign from the board, as of Tuesday, because he will be...