Education
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Once a student, now one of Harper’s distinguished gradsOct 22, 2012 2:17 pm - Jim Inman heads up Elite Athletic Development, an Arlington Heights-based training facility he describes as his “dream turned into reality.” Part of its success lies in ...
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Geneva teachers seek 1 percent raise in salaryOct 22, 2012 10:37 am - The Geneva Education Association has proposed that the teachers receive a 1-percent raise in the 2012-13 salary schedule and a 1-percent raise in 2013-14, according to t...
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Award-winning Schaumburg teacher is 'the real deal'Oct 21, 2012 8:00 pm - For Brian Curtin, teaching provides its own reward. Still, the Schaumburg High School English teacher said it was a pleasant surprise when he was named the 2013 Teacher ...
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D214 eliminates information processing graduation requirementOct 20, 2012 8:00 am - Information processing, a technical computing class, will no longer be a graduation requirement at Northwest Suburban High School District 214, the board decided on Thur...
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Nicasa Teen Court grantOct 19, 2012 6:08 pm - Nicasa’s Teen Court program was one of only 10 in the country to receive a grant from the Federal Center for Substance Abuse and Treatment, officials announced. The gran...
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Quest Academy in Palatine adding West CampusOct 18, 2012 1:00 pm - About 400 students, staff, parents and guests were present Thursday morning as Quest Academy, an independent school for gifted students located in Palatine, officially o...
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Average debt up again for new college gradsOct 18, 2012 10:58 am - It’s the latest snapshot of the growing burden of student debt and it’s another discouraging one: Two-thirds of the national college class of 2011 finished school with l...
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Salad bar lets students pick and choose what they eatOct 17, 2012 5:02 pm - While their friends joined the long line for a hot lunch at Eastview Middle School in Bartlett, Emmy McIntosh and Gianna Tummillo, both eighth-graders, made a beeline fo...
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Oakton biology professor named instructor of the yearOct 17, 2012 3:23 pm - The Illinois Community College Faculty Association selected Nicole Perry, associate professor of biology at Oakton Community College, as its 2012 Instructor of the Year....
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North Shore District 112 teachers strike overOct 17, 2012 9:40 am - Highland Park-area students head back to class after a 17-hour negotiation session between teachers and North Shore Elementary District 112 resulted in a tentative contr...