Education
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District 300 teachers vote to strike, but it’d be a whileOct 14, 2012 7:00 pm - Teachers in Community Unit District 300 voted Sunday to authorize a strike, but it looks as if it will be a while before an actual walkout could occur. Union and distric...
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Teachers make money selling materials onlineOct 13, 2012 7:33 am - SEATTLE — Kristine Nannini spent her summer creating wall charts and student data sheets for her fifth grade class — and making $24,000 online by selling those same mate...
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Lunches at Chicago school contained rat droppingsOct 12, 2012 7:22 pm - Several students at a Chicago high school became after eating school lunches that officials believe were contaminated with rat droppings. Chicago Public Schools spokeswo...
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Tentative deal reached in Evergreen Park strikeOct 12, 2012 7:21 pm - Students could be back in school next week in South suburban Evergreen Park after negotiators reached a tentative deal to end a teachers strike. The strike has left abou...
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District 300 teachers to take strike vote SundayOct 12, 2012 6:26 pm - Teachers in Community Unit District 300 will vote Sunday on whether to go on strike. Kolleen Hanetho, president of the district’s teachers union, LEAD 300, said union l...
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Emanuel praises former schools chiefOct 12, 2012 4:47 pm - Just three weeks after Chicago teachers returned to the classroom following a bitter strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel replaced his schools CEO with a veteran educator and admi...
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New principals happy to be working in District 57Oct 12, 2012 3:23 pm - Two new faces greeted the students at Mount Prospect’s Lincoln Middle School and Fairview Elementary when the school year opened in late August. Jason Kaiz and Daniel Op...
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'Arcadia' will challenge actors, delight audiencesOct 11, 2012 11:00 pm - For the upcoming Dundee-Crown High School fall play, director and English teacher Heather Hoffman will challenge audiences and stretch the intellectual capabilities of t...
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Chicago schools boss quitsOct 11, 2012 10:00 pm - Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard stepped down Thursday after a little more than a year in the post, a spokeswoman for Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. Brizard’s de...
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NIU's Peters stepping down after 13 yearsOct 11, 2012 6:00 pm - With a nod to the college's triumphs and tragedies during his 13-year tenure, Northern Illinois University President John Peters announced his retirement Thursday. Peter...