Education
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Aurora launches Pathways to Prosperity for workforce developmentJan 24, 2013 12:02 pm - Helping students build skills to fill job vacancies in health care, manufacturing and information technology is the focus of a workforce development program launched Fri...
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U of I raises tuition by 1.7 percentJan 24, 2013 11:00 am - Tuition for new in-state University of Illinois undergraduate students this fall will increase by 1.7 percent under a plan approved Thursday, marking the smallest tuitio...
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Barrington teachers declare impasse, strike possible Feb. 20Jan 24, 2013 8:27 am - The teachers union of Barrington Unit District 220 declared an impasse early Thursday in its federally mediated contract negotiations with the board of education. The de...
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MHS show choir wins prizes:Jan 23, 2013 3:16 pm - Mundelein High School’s show choir, Mundelein Sound, was named Grand Champion at the Milton, Wis., Show Choir Invitational on Jan. 19. Fifteen choirs from Illinois and W...
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District 41: Combination of financial options needed to fix deficitJan 23, 2013 4:58 am - Lake Villa Elementary District 41 will likely need a combination of solutions to help the school system climb out of a financial hole, officials told the crowd at a comm...
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Summit generates ideas to make schools saferJan 22, 2013 5:02 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn, school administrators and mental health and public safety experts said Tuesday that they left a school safety summit with pages of ideas, i...
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Dist. 79 to hold kindergarten registrationJan 22, 2013 4:25 pm - Fremont Elementary District 79 hosts a kindergarten preregistration information night on Thursday, Jan. 24 in the Elementary School gymnasium, 8908 North Fremont Center ...
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Mundelein High to stage ‘Radium Girls’Jan 22, 2013 12:02 pm - Inspired by historic figures and events from 1917 to the 1920s, Mundelein High School Theatre is presenting “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory. The play will run in the MHS ...
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Dist. 50 to hold kindergarten registrationJan 22, 2013 9:33 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 hosts kindergarten registration from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 23 at Woodland Primary School, 17366 W. Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake. Kindergar...
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Tony Blair to speak at Judson UniversityJan 21, 2013 4:00 pm - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will headline Judson University's third World Leaders Forum in April, according to the school's website. Mary Dulabaum, director of mar...