Education
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State’s attorney to conduct review of Maine West hazing allegationsDec 04, 2012 4:15 pm - Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has ordered a “complete top-to-bottom review” of the ongoing hazing scandal at Maine West High School, Alvarez spokeswoman Sal...
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Cambridge Lakes Charter School remained open during strikeDec 04, 2012 1:00 pm - While teachers in Community Unit District 300 walked the picket line, classes remained in session at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove. The charter school...
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Dist. 103 announces kindergarten registrationDec 04, 2012 12:05 pm - Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 is beginning kindergarten registration on Friday, Dec. 7. Registration is set to run from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Laura B. S...
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Energy comes in a variety of scientific formsDec 04, 2012 7:00 am - You wanted to know “If energy can't be created or destroyed, how do we know it exists?” asked a student in Katherine Crawford's fifth-grade class at West Oak Middle scho...
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Prairie Crossing Charter School leader says he’s leavingDec 03, 2012 11:52 am - Prairie Crossing Charter School’s boss has announced he’s departing at the end of the current academic year. Nigel Whittington made his resignation public in an email to...
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How to nominate an educatorDec 03, 2012 7:38 am - Outstanding teachers inspire; they ignite curiosity and a lifetime love of learning; they intervene with troubled kids; they provide bridges to greatness; they prepare y...
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Ind. schools work to ensure iPads aren’t misusedDec 03, 2012 6:15 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Schools in Indiana that issued iPads to students this year say they are finding ways to teach children not to use them inappropriately and are working...
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Hoffman Estates instructor is a Daily Herald 'Top Teacher'Dec 03, 2012 4:30 am - Save for the big stack of papers and coffee mug in his hands, Ryan Brown blends right in as he hurries down the locker-lined hallways of Hoffman Estates High School. Doz...
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5 states to increase class time in some schoolsDec 02, 2012 4:42 pm - WASHINGTON — Open your notebooks and sharpen your pencils. School for thousands of public school students is about to get quite a bit longer. Five states were to announc...
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Woodlands Academy hosts annual Winter WonderwalkNov 30, 2012 6:46 pm - Magnificent Lake Forest residences decorated in holiday finery will welcome Winter Wonderwalk guests of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Chris...