Education
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Schools should end in-person learning, Lake County Health Department recommendsOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Citing "substantial" community transmission of COVID-19 and a rising number of cases, Lake County health officials Tuesday recommended that all public and private school...
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District 158's updated hybrid plan comes as district reports 16 cases over two weeks
Oct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Huntley School District 158 announced a new hybrid learning plan Friday that will be available to students in grades 6 through 12 beginning Nov. 2. The announcement, whi...
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Taking an 'adaptive pause': How Naperville District 203 is responding to rising COVID-19 casesOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - For months, Superintendent Dan Bridges has been stressing the need for flexibility in the "Return to Learn" plan implemented by Naperville Unit District 203. Being able...
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Spring break canceled, spring semester delayed at University of Illinois
Oct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced this week it will cancel spring break while delaying the start of the spring semester next year due to COVID-19....
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Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainableOct 19, 2020 5:30 am - With more and more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community servi...
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Naperville D203, Elmhurst 205 going all-remote amid virus spread; U-46, others stand patOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - At least two major school districts are reverting to or extending fully remote learning in response to rising COVID-19 case rates in DuPage County, while several others ...
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COVID-19 cases force Prairie Ridge to return to remote learningOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake will close Tuesday due to a number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. McHenry County Department of Health notified the high school o...
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District 116 to stick with remote learning for nowOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will not be returning to in-person learning any time soon. School officials confirmed on Monday that the district does not have an est...
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Students in Dist. 220, Dist. 54 return to classOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - It came much later than expected, but students in a pair of Northwest suburban school districts made their long-awaited return to the classroom Monday after months of vi...
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Two Oakton women employees earn national "40 under 40" awardOct 17, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube The duo recently was honored with the American Association for Women in Community Colleges' 40 Under 40 Award for their leadership at Oakton Community College in...