Education
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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 ...
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D120 board meets Thursday:Aug 15, 2012 11:33 am - The Mundelein High School board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss proposed price increases for breakfast and lunch, as well as other business. A meeting schedul...
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Changes coming to ECC campusAug 15, 2012 10:30 am - If you return to Elgin Community College this fall and can’t find the SRC or the IBC, don’t fret. The college is in the process of changing building and parking lot name...
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Maine West teacher attends U.S. Supreme Court workshopAug 15, 2012 8:01 am - The Supreme Court Summer Institute for Teachers offers such rare opportunities that Maine West High School Social Science teacher Kelly Pecak said, “It felt like I was a...
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D50 names administratorAug 14, 2012 6:16 pm - Lisa West has been named the new assistant principal at Woodland Intermediate School, Woodland Elementary District 50 officials announced. She replaces Deborah Pellettie...
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Huntley Unit District 158, teachers union request mediationAug 14, 2012 5:20 pm - Negotiating teams for Huntley Unit District 158 and its teachers union have requested a mediator to assist in ongoing contract talks, a news release from the district sa...