Education
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A ‘Prime’ opportunity: McHenry County College delivers ESL classes to Amazon employeesDec 19, 2024 10:49 am - The Amazon Fulfillment Center in Huntley is working with McHenry County College in Crystal Lake to find a way to make education more accessible for its employees.
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After voters rejected request for $57.5 million, District 302 board now asking for $140 millionDec 19, 2024 10:22 am - Even though voters rejected a smaller request in 2023, the Kaneland school board has put a $140 million ask for renovation and construction money on the April 1 ballot.
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Palatine High School art department earns distinctionDec 18, 2024 10:35 am - The Illinois Art Education Association has recognized Palatine High School with the Illinois Art Education Distinction award.
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Community members wrestle with grief in aftermath of Wisconsin school shooting
Dec 18, 2024 7:00 am - Community members in Wisconsin continued to wrestle with grief and called for change in the aftermath of a school shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded six others.
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New superintendent named in Glenbard High School District 87Dec 17, 2024 8:56 am - The next superintendent of Glenbard High School District 87 will come from within its own principal ranks.
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Police chief says motive for Wisconsin school shooting is a ‘combination of factors’
Dec 17, 2024 7:55 am - The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student and wounded others at a Wisconsin school appears to be a “combination of factors,” a police chief said Tuesday as he appealed to the public to share what they might know about the 15-year-old girl who attacked a study hall before shooting herself.
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3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin
Dec 16, 2024 11:51 am - A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said.
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District 303 approves nearly $200 million tax levy
Dec 16, 2024 11:06 am - St. Charles Unit District 303 Board members approved a 2024 property tax levy of just under $200 million in a split vote at their Dec. 9 meeting without discussion.
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More colleges offering free tuition to middle-class families
Dec 14, 2024 12:32 am - The burden of student debt and the difficulties gauging college costs have reached such a fever pitch that more schools are taking big steps to make college less expensiv...
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District 211 board taps Kansas school administrator as next superintendentDec 12, 2024 11:21 pm - Deputy Superintendent of Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools Judith Campbell will succeed Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Lisa Small July 1.