Education
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As state scores drop, schools work to engage students in readingOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - English teacher Jaime Hecht knows that teenagers love a good controversy. So when she introduces her students to Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," she s...
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Round Lake High School looks to improve report cardOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Buried under mountains of debt, things looked grim for Round Lake Area Unit District 116 back in 2002. The district racked up $14 million in short-term debt with no hope...
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DuPage districts question state testsOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The girl in the wheelchair doesn't speak. Instead, she vocalizes a steady tone in a range of volume levels. Her arms flail, the byproduct of involuntary muscle movements...
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Success story: Winston Campus Junior HighOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Winston Campus Junior High Town: Palatine Number of subgroups for which it's held accountable: Six Success story: Well over half of the students in each subgroup met or ...
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Restructuring path not all uphill for failing schoolsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire the staff, perhaps even the principal. Reopen as a charter school. Hire a private firm to operate your public school or find another way to otherwise significantly ...
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Successful schools point to tutoring, music programsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Don't look at toughening lesson plans if you want to improve student test scores. It's often what goes on outside a classroom that matters, according to several princip...
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Dist. 211 looks to 'map' progressOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Educators in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 are hoping a new tool will help turn a failing trend around. District 211 has started using the Measures of A...
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Lake County 'teaching to transform students lives'Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Today is graduation day. However, instead of senior high students, this Class of 2007 is the nearly 200 schools across the state moving off the No Child Left Behind Act'...
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Success story: Georgetown Elementary SchoolOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Georgetown Elementary School Town: Aurora No. of subgroups for which it's held accountable: Four Success story: Georgetown students pulled up their scores a...
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Elementary schools garner high marks, others fall shortOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - From Carpentersville to Huntley, elementary schools exceeded state standards this year while high schools and, to a lesser extent, middle schools struggled to keep up. A...