Education
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District 73 plans to extend instructional day to 7 hours in 2023-24Jan 27, 2023 12:00 am - A new schedule with updated start and end times, longer hours and more instructional days for students will debut next year in Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary Dis...
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Dist. 220 superintendent leaving job at end of school yearJan 27, 2023 12:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Robert Hunt plans to leave his job at the end of this school year, the district said in a news release Friday. Hunt mov...
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Elgin Public Museum to honor late educator "Miss Marge" SaturdayJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - The Elgin Public Museum will hold a "Remembrance Tea" Saturday to honor its late longtime educator Marge Fox. Fox died Dec. 8 at the age of 89. She taught programs at t...
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Geneva school district promoting assistant superintendent to top jobJan 26, 2023 12:00 am - The Geneva school district is promoting from within for its next superintendent. The District 304 board on Wednesday picked Assistant Superintendent Andrew Barrett to ta...
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Waubonsee Voices: Why we should care about the artsJan 25, 2023 10:00 pm - During the early stages of the pandemic, neighbors residing in different communities in Italy were shown on social media singing songs in unison from their balconies. Th...
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Prospect Hts. District 23 will seek tax hike to fund full-day kindergarten, building upgradesJan 25, 2023 4:30 am - Security upgrades and full-day kindergarten will be on the ballot April 4, when Prospect Heights Elementary School District 23 asks voters to approve a tax rate increase...
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Pritzker warns College Board against AP Black studies changes after DeSantis blocked course
Jan 25, 2023 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is going to battle with the national College Board over what he calls "political grandstanding" by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Chicago Democrat is ...
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Glenbard Parent Series speaker to discuss essential skills for young people on Feb. 8Jan 24, 2023 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Essential Communication and Life Skills: A Kid's Guide to Growing Up" with au...
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District 203 board narrowly approves curricular requirement for music programsJan 24, 2023 12:00 am - The Naperville Unit District 203 board narrowly approved a plan to require a curricular element in high school music programs next school year. Public speakers at Monday...
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Glenbard District 87 board approves Glenbard Education Association agreement with new schedule, cost savingsJan 23, 2023 10:00 pm - On Jan. 23, the Glenbard Township High School District 87 board of education approved a memorandum of agreement with the Glenbard Education Association (GEA), the union ...