Education
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Smart Spending: Finding back-to-school dealsAug 19, 2012 7:35 am - Stores are going all out to pull you in the door for back-to-school shopping. That’s because every retailer wants a piece of the $83.8 billion that the National Retail ...
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Local schools dodge pension funding bulletAug 18, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With no action on pensions during Friday's special legislative sessions, suburban school districts have once again dodged a plan that would have them pay m...
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SHS board to name new memberAug 17, 2012 5:45 pm - The Stevenson High School board will name a new member when it convenes at 7 p.m. Monday at the Lincolnshire school’s administrative office. The board must appoint someo...
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Chicago teachers start printing strike signsAug 17, 2012 4:11 pm - Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the city are continuing, but the union has started printing strike signs just in case it needs them. Union spokeswoma...
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CLC’s fall enrollment accelerates, expected to match 2011-12Aug 17, 2012 11:12 am - College of Lake County officials say total fall enrollment is projected to match last year’s, which is an improvement from early registration numbers. Jerry Weber, presi...
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Quinn says he’ll take pension reform to the peopleAug 17, 2012 9:09 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn’s weeks of calls for lawmakers to cut public pensions ended in failure for the governor Friday, with lawmakers leaving town without a plan r...
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Pension showdown looms today — or does it?Aug 16, 2012 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The future of teachers' and state workers' retirements is at stake today. Just like it has been all year. State lawmakers are set to meet in Springfield to...
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Elgin career training helps students young and oldAug 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Clarissa Johnson, 18, first heard about Computer Systems Institute toward the beginning of her senior year at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville. She was pregna...
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Changes keep coming in U-46 administrationAug 16, 2012 1:00 pm - The organizational chart in Elgin Area School District U-46 has undergone a number of changes with administrators shifting roles and a new hire filling a key vacancy, wh...
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Families help kids prepare for success in schoolAug 16, 2012 8:33 am - The Illinois State Board of Education encourages families to establish and maintain good health and study habits as schools across the state open doors for the start of ...