Education
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Images: St. Viator High School GraduationMay 16, 2011 2:00 am - ...
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Images: St. Francis High School GraduationMay 15, 2011 12:00 am - ...
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Clock running out on No Child Left Behind?Oct 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Hard to say what will become of evaluation system
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Confused by the alphabet soup? Here are some basic termsOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - No Child Left Behind (NCLB): The landmark 2001 federal legislation that requires schools to meet a rising bar on standardized assessments each year or face academic sanc...
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Naperville Central raises achievement of students with disabilitiesOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - In a time when high schools are struggling more than ever to meet the increased demands of No Child Left Behind, Naperville Central High School rallied its subgroups to ...
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Suburban schools improve, but not enoughOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - Suburban schools did better on state assessments this year but not by much. A Daily Herald analysis shows that 57 percent of suburban schools got more kids to meet stat...
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Three Wauconda schools improve, scores showOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - Students at three Wauconda Unit District 118 schools improved their performance on recent standardized tests enough for the buildings to reach federal goals something t...
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Prospect, Schaumburg Dist. 54 make the gradeOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - It starts out very small. If a group of students in an Illinois school reaches 45 members, that group whether it be special education students, a minority group or kids...
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Diversity, data winning combination for Timber TrailsOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - Timber Trails Elementary School in Elgin Area School District U-46 achieved a rare feat this year: it got a passing grade from the state one year after failing to do so....
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N. Aurora's Fearn School meets higher standardOct 29, 2010 12:00 am - Today is a red-letter day at Fearn Elementary School in North Aurora. The school got a passing grade on the 2010 state-mandated school report card, a year after it faile...