Education
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College Illinois tuition program to resume Oct. 1Aug 21, 2012 4:53 pm - The state’s College Illinois prepaid tuition program will soon be back in business. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission voted last week to reopen College Illinois...
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Technology exec cites passion for education in appointment to District 125 boardAug 21, 2012 4:17 pm - A self-described “business and technology junkie” has been named to fill a vacancy on the District 125 school board, which governs Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire....
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William Hill Brown wrote the first American novelAug 21, 2012 2:28 pm - You wanted to know “Who was the first American to write a novel?” asked students in Jen Janik’s third grade class at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside. By Hope B...
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Young immigrants may find college elusiveAug 21, 2012 1:28 pm - MIAMI — Araceli Cortes had made up her mind: After being brought to the U.S. as a child, graduating from high school and attending some college in California, she was go...
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Volunteers transform courtyard at Fairhaven SchoolAug 21, 2012 12:43 pm - Dozens of volunteers recently joined forces to give the courtyard at Fairhaven School in Mundelein a much needed facelift. About 30 volunteers weeded, installed landscap...
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U-46 budget in black despite reductions from stateAug 20, 2012 5:04 pm - Despite the state government slashing millions of dollars in funding and the rising cost of employee benefits, Elgin Area School District U-46 expects to approve a balan...
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Sheriff temporarily covers Navy school:Aug 20, 2012 4:59 pm - Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran says his deputies will cover a school at Great Lakes Naval Station because of a contract dispute. Curran said the sheriff’s office became...
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Chicago teachers take contract case to schoolsAug 20, 2012 4:46 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union has begun informational pickets at several elementary schools to call attention to ongoing contract talks. Teachers, paraprofessionals and cli...
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Elgin's Goddard School first in country to add pre-K gym classAug 19, 2012 11:00 pm - The owners of the Goddard School in Elgin like to do things a little differently from the hundreds of other locations around the country. The Bushwood Drive location was...
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Meet Lake County's new superintendentsAug 19, 2012 11:00 pm - As another school year unfolds in Lake County, students aren't the only ones facing fresh experiences. Several new superintendents have assumed the day-to-day management...