Education
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U of I says freshman class smaller but betterSep 12, 2012 5:16 pm - URBANA, Ill. — Freshmen enrollment is down slightly at the University of Illinois’ campus in Urbana-Champaign, but the administration says the incoming students have hig...
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Enrollment down at NIU, but freshman class growsSep 12, 2012 5:14 pm - Northern Illinois University says fall enrollment is down by almost 5 percent but its incoming freshman class is larger than last year’s. The university said Wednesday t...
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Chicago teachers union president is brash advocateSep 12, 2012 5:13 pm - She’s brash and blunt, the tough-talking union leader who has taken on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute regarded as a referendum on the future of ...
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Emanuel: Students must be in class during negotiationsSep 12, 2012 2:02 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants contract negotiations with teachers to continue with students in class. He spoke to reporters Wednesday as teachers in the nation’s thir...
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New principal evaluation system rolled out in U-46Sep 12, 2012 1:39 pm - Principals in Elgin Area School District U-46, and across the state, will find themselves under the microscope this school year with the implementation of a statewide ev...
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Popular parenting class returns to E.G.H.S.Sep 12, 2012 1:32 pm - The fall session of the popular video discussion program, Active Parenting Classes of Teens, will be offered to all interested Grove Junior High School eighth-grade pare...
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The story behind folk tales, fairy tales, legends, myths and fablesSep 12, 2012 11:00 am - Ÿ Students in Elise Diaz's fifth grade class at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, “What is the difference between a folk tale, fairy tale, legend, myth, and a fable?” Fol...
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D50 strategic planningSep 12, 2012 10:18 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 invites its community to participate in a fall strategic planning process that will begin next month. The school board is seeking suggest...
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Lake Forest High School teachers on strike over salary and benefitsSep 12, 2012 10:09 am - Lake Forest High School teachers are on strike less than a month after an impasse was publicly declared for contract negotiations. Instructors at Lake Forest District 11...
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Arlington Heights school marks 60th birthdaySep 11, 2012 6:00 pm - Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights is celebrating its 60th birthday on Wednesday, Sept. 12 with a special anniversary event for former students, parents and s...