Education
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Chicago Public Schools to go fully remote to start fall
Aug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Public Schools students will start the new school year at home next month as officials plan to announce as soon as Wednesday that they'll back off a proposal tha...
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District 220 explains remote learning decision to concerned parentsAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris went into great detail about why distance learning will be used to start the 2020-21 school year, but paren...
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Illinois' largest teachers union sets up its own panel to judge school reopening safetyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's largest teachers union is creating a medical review panel it says will judge whether individual school districts' reopening plans are safe. The 135,000-membe...
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Teacher appreciation contestAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Back 2 School Illinois, a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides deserving children from low-income families with free school supplies to help them succeed in the classro...
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Lincolnshire-Prairie View District 103 classes to start remotelyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - In a change of back-to-school plans, all Lincolnshire-Prairie View Elementary District 103 students will start the new school year with remote learning because of the CO...
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How schools are gearing up for an eventual return to classroomsAug 03, 2020 5:30 am - Hand sanitizer. Face masks. Paper towels. Disinfectant sprays. Plexiglass partitions. Suburban school districts are stocking up on these and other essentials as they gea...
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District 211, feeder districts 15 and 54 to begin school year remotelyAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Following a growing trend, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 and its feeder districts, Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 and Palatine Township Elemen...
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Chicago teachers, activists urge keeping schools closed during pandemic
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Remote learning planned for two more elementary districts in Lake CountyAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Continuing concern regarding the coronavirus has prompted two more elementary school districts in Lake County to reverse course on bringing students back to class. M...
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Arlington Heights District 25 superintendent defends remote learning planJul 31, 2020 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 Superintendent Lori Bein defended her decision to start the school year remotely, over the objection of nearly half of parents i...