Education
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Students squeezed as Illinois college costs rise, aid dropsMar 04, 2013 4:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Joe Riddle is poised to take on the working world. Just over a year away from graduating from a selective engineering master's program at University of Ill...
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St. Patrick adds 5-day preschoolMar 03, 2013 3:57 am - The Early Childhood Program at St. Patrick School, 15020 Wadsworth Road in Wadsworth, will add a new five-day program to its preschool program, beginning in August. Appl...
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Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg urge kids to codeMar 02, 2013 6:50 am - NEW YORK — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey are among the tech luminaries appearing in a new video promoting t...
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Principals of the year named:Mar 01, 2013 4:35 pm - Jean Aucutt of Vernon Hills High School has been named assistant principal of the year for 2013-14 by the Horace Mann insurance company and the Illinois Principals Assoc...
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D50 dual language meeting:Mar 01, 2013 4:02 pm - Woodland Elementary District 50 will host a dual language meeting for parents at 6 p.m., March 6, at Woodland Primary School, 17366 W. Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake. The m...
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Teacher retires at 94Mar 01, 2013 3:13 pm - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — One of the oldest fulltime schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Rose Gilbert has been educating kids in Los Angeles ...
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St. Charles schools eye $354,000 in security upgradesMar 01, 2013 1:37 pm - St. Charles Unit District 303 schools may get a $354,000 security upgrade — including new locks on doors to 630 classrooms — in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shootin...
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ECC students get lesson in gratitude, engagementFeb 28, 2013 2:15 pm - When Yvette Argueta, 21, sat down for a presentation on philanthropy, she didn’t know exactly what she would be learning. The Elgin Community College student from Carpen...
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First lady brings fitness initiative to Chicago classroomsFeb 28, 2013 7:45 am - CHICAGO — Imagine students learning their ABCs while dancing, or memorizing multiplication tables while doing jumping jacks. Some schools are using both methods of instr...
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SHS choral concert:Feb 27, 2013 3:20 pm - Stevenson High School will host a winter choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the performing arts center at the Lincolnshire campus, Two Stevenson Drive. Before and a...