Education
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‘They’re scared’: Schools are bracing for upheaval over fear of mass deportations
Nov 27, 2024 9:48 am - Last time Donald Trump was president, rumors of immigration raids terrorized the Oregon community where Gustavo Balderas was the school superintendent. Word spread that ...
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GPS speaker to discuss college transition and accommodations for students with learning differencesNov 26, 2024 12:15 pm - On Wednesday, Dec. 11, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host learning disabilities specialist Elizabeth Hamblet in a presentation titled “Seven Steps to College Success: A Pathway for Students with Disabilities.”
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‘Ready to go’: Long-delayed Harper College project finally breaks groundNov 23, 2024 12:30 pm - Delayed by a historic state budget stalemate and the pandemic, a building project decades in the making finally has broken ground at Harper College in Palatine.
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Elgin Community College names 2025 NISOD Award winnersNov 22, 2024 9:08 pm - Elgin Community College selects five employees to receive the 2025 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Awards.
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GPS event to help students reduce stress and increase academic performanceNov 22, 2024 8:27 pm - On Tuesday, Dec. 10, the GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “A Skills Blueprint for Better Grades and Less Stress” with author Ana Homayoun.
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Should state require background checks from school board candidates?Nov 22, 2024 12:48 pm - Delegates at the annual Illinois Association of School Boards conference are deciding the fate of a proposal to advocate for criminal background checks of all school board candidates.
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‘He can park anywhere...except his public high school’: District, student in fight over parking in lotNov 21, 2024 2:48 pm - An Elgin family and Burlington-based Central Unit School District 301 are at odds over whether a student can use an accessible parking placard at his high school without a school parking pass.
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GPS author to speak on encouraging autonomy while maintaining boundariesNov 21, 2024 12:02 am - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present “Balanced & Steady Parenting: Reduce Parental Burnout and Raise Competent, Independent Kids” with psychologist and author Emily Edlynn.
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How Harper College’s Learning and Career Center changes the lives of students — and staffNov 19, 2024 3:42 pm - Harper College’s Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights has changed the lives of students and staff.
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Marmion Academy is going coed, but not all are on board with the changeNov 19, 2024 10:32 am - Marmion Academy’s decision to welcome female students in 2026 surprises some.