Education
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Chicago teachers give strike notice as negotiations falterAug 29, 2012 5:00 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union issued a 10-day strike notice Wednesday, saying teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district are ready to walk off the job for the f...
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Student assessment volunteers:Aug 29, 2012 4:58 pm - Volunteers are sought to evaluate and read to children as part of a collaboration between the United Way of Lake County and Waukegan District 60 to evaluate skills and s...
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D95 special education meeting:Aug 29, 2012 4:57 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 will host a pair of meetings to discuss plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who live within the dis...
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UIC announces new $104M sciences buildingAug 29, 2012 4:16 pm - Construction will begin next year on a new $104 million science building at the University of Illinois at Chicago. University and state officials announced the construc...
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Oakton ranked third in nation by studentsAug 29, 2012 2:21 pm - Oakton Community College in Des Plaines has been ranked third in the nation — behind San Diego City College and Hostos Community College in New York — by RateMyProfessor...
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Mundelein High teachers get modest raises in new 4-year contractAug 29, 2012 1:22 pm - Mundelein High School teachers will receive modest pay raises under a newly approved four-year contract. Under the deal, the salaries of 138 unionized employees will inc...
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District 59 adopts $93.5 million budget with deficitAug 29, 2012 11:18 am - The Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board recently approved spending $93.5 million for 2012-2013 academic year. The budget includes educational, operat...
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Young immigrants share stories with Sen. DurbinAug 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Alejandro Molina Hoyos, 18, of Pingree Grove was unable to accept the Presidential Scholarship from the University of Illinois because he didn't have a Social Security n...
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Wauconda High student earns top ACT scoreAug 28, 2012 4:49 pm - Wauconda High School senior Josh Zuchniarz recorded a top score of 36 on the ACT college entrance exam, school officials have announced. Zuchniarz is the second Wauconda...
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Retired teachers meetingAug 28, 2012 4:48 pm - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Sept. 11 at Lambs Farm restaurant on Route 176 and the Tri-State Tollway in Libertyville. The cost is $...