Education
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State panel tackles use of isolation rooms at schoolsJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislators and advocates began discussions Tuesday of what action the state can take to counteract the overuse of physical restraint and forced isolation ...
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Buffalo Grove music teacher named finalist for Grammy AwardJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove High School teacher Elizabeth Bennett is one of 10 nationwide finalists for a Grammy Music Educator Award, Recording Academy officials announced Monday. Be...
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Back 2 School Illinois offers scholarshipsJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI) is pleased to announce the launch of its 2020 College Scholarship program. B2SI, a nonprofit organization that creates and supports educat...
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Lake Villa District 41 streamlines its loan pitch to votersJan 03, 2020 4:20 am - Voters in Lake Villa Elementary District 41 again will be asked for authorization to fund school projects, but the new pitch has been revised and greatly reduced. Instea...
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CLC to offer free tuition for nearly 200 students seeking career certificatesJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Thanks to a special $1.5 million state grant, the College of Lake County is able to offer nearly 200 Lake County residents seeking career certificates in certain fields ...
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How community colleges are supporting low-income black, Latino studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Growing up in the Northwest suburbs, Daliyah Sanders often felt isolated from her peers as the only black student in her class practically from kindergarten through high...
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Rising tuition putting college out of reach for low-income, minority studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Rising tuition and reduced state funding have put college out of reach for low-income students, experts say. The impact is being felt most acutely by black students, wh...
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Suburban high school students showing strong interest in career and technical educationDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Stevenson High School senior Gavin Meng and his classmates hatched a plan for their lemonade stand to outsell the competition just before winter break. Meng's team at th...
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District 155 creates learning kitchen at Cary-GroveDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Cary-Grove High School students are exploring career options in the culinary industry through a new learning kitchen that debuted this school year. Crystal Lake High Sch...
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Songs and coloring books, newsletters and alerts all part of census pushDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are working on an employee and parent awareness campaign about the 2020 Census. The district has developed a "tool kit" for adm...