Education
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District 225 board reinstitutes remote learning planSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - At a special meeting on Sept. 3, the Glenbrook High Schools District 225 board instituted a remote learning plan for the 2021-22 school year. Targeted only to students u...
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Maryville administrator to mentor veterans at Des Plaines Chamber Veterans Boot CampSep 07, 2021 11:00 pm - Morris Brent, Maryville director of staff education, has joined the pool of mentors as Maryville ambassador for the Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Veterans...
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Former U-46 teacher's scholarship foundation sends Kenyan kids to schoolSep 07, 2021 6:00 am - Brett Weiss taught social studies for more than 12 years at Bartlett High School, where he lined his classroom walls with meaningful quotations from around the world. Am...
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How U of I fought the clock to develop a COVID-19 test that schools will use this fallSep 07, 2021 5:00 am - In the spring of 2020 with no COVID-19 vaccines, an unchecked killer virus and shutdown fears, a team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created a solutio...
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Suburban school COVID-19 outbreaks nearly triple this weekSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty-two more suburban schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks this week, nearly three times as many as a week ago. That's according to Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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'Red flags just everywhere': Audit of McHenry County Regional Office of Education raises concerns
Sep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Audit of McHenry Co. Regional Office of Education raises concerns
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Chicago Teachers Union says there are gaps in COVID-19 safety protocols
Sep 02, 2021 1:00 am - With the first week of the fall term more than half over, the Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday accused Chicago Public Schools of "duct-taping" together COVID-19 safety...
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Neighbors in the News: Science & Arts Academy in Des Plaines names new assistant head of schoolSep 01, 2021 6:00 am - Ari Frede was appointed assistant head of school at Science & Arts Academy, an independent, nonprofit day school for gifted students in Des Plaines. Frede, who will wor...
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Why some suburban school districts have a bus driver shortage and how they're adjustingSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - Suburban school districts are being hit by a nationwide shortage of school bus drivers, exacerbated by an unrelenting COVID-19 pandemic that has created a scarcity of wo...
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Maple School orchestra director nominated for 2021 Outstanding Music Educator AwardSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - Maple School Orchestra Director Renee Yoo has been nominated by her peers for the 2021 Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award. She admitted she was surprised and a...