Education
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What the DuPage Children's Museum is doing to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemicOct 16, 2020 11:00 pm - In pre-pandemic times, families would spend hours exploring the interactive displays strategically woven through the DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville. Groups of sc...
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Elgin police defend use of school resource officers in U-46Oct 15, 2020 5:30 am - Elgin police officers spent Wednesday night explaining and defending the presence of resource officers in local U-46 schools. The city council is debating the future of ...
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District 59 begins search for Fessler's successorOct 15, 2020 5:30 am - This story was updated on Oct. 15 after District 59 officials said they would only name the chosen superintendent candidate publicly, but no other finalists. Elk Gr...
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Palatine District 15 completes student re-entry, continues to monitor COVID-19 casesOct 15, 2020 1:00 am - Palatine Township school officials will continue to monitor coronavirus cases
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District 158 board to discuss plan for middle, high schools ThursdayOct 14, 2020 5:30 am - The Huntley Community School District 158 board on Thursday will discuss a hybrid plan to allow a portion of the district's 5,167 sixth- through 12th-graders back into s...
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Not all on board with Dist. 303's hybrid model for high schoolersOct 14, 2020 5:30 am - Even as St. Charles High School students prepare to return to school next week as part of a limited hybrid learning model, many community members at Tuesday's St. Charle...
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Buffalo Grove teacher up for Grammy Award two years in a rowOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Months after she was one of 10 nationwide finalists for the 2020 Grammy Music Educator Award Award, Buffalo Grove High School teacher Elizabeth Bennett is now a semifina...
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Dist. 300 fourth- and fifth-graders will switch to hybrid learning earlier than planned
Oct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Algonquin-based Community School District 300 fourth- and fifth- graders originally were set to remain in remote learning for the remainder of 2020 because of the COVID-...
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McHenry High School social science teachers adopt new statement to keep class discussions civilOct 13, 2020 11:00 pm - As current events across the country spark heated debates, McHenry High School social science teachers are hoping a new Civil Discourse Statement keeps their classroom d...
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McHenry East High School principal finds new outlet through podcastsOct 13, 2020 11:00 pm - McHenry High School started the 2020-21 school year digitally so the hallways at both East Campus and West Campus are pretty quiet these days. Like many educators, East ...