Education
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Lightfoot: No plans to change city holiday of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
Feb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has no plans to duplicate at the city level what her hand-picked school board just did, infuriating some Italian Americans. That is,...
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CDC issues guidance to schools, child care providers for handling coronavirusFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued interim guidance for K-12 schools and child care programs on handling the COVID-19 virus after warning co...
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How suburban schools are preparing for the coronavirusFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cleaning classrooms and monitoring student attendance and sickness are among the precautions suburban school districts and preschools are taking to prepare for a potenti...
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Harper named a Leader College of DistinctionFeb 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Harper College has earned Achieving the Dream's Leader College of Distinction status for achieving new, higher student outcomes and narrowing equity gaps. Achieving the ...
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Measure would require disclosure about pavement sealantFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Certain chemicals that are commonly used as sealants on asphalt driveways, parking lots and playgrounds could soon come under state regulation over concern...
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College grant program has seen 'an erosion of purchasing power'Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state commission that oversees higher education grants for low-income students detailed the diminishing buying power of state financial aid Thursday du...
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Little Friends selling Naperville land, but historic mansion's future unknownFeb 26, 2020 4:30 am - Students at the schools operated by the disability services agency Little Friends are set to finish this year in Naperville and start the next in Warrenville. The nonpr...
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Universities want bigger funding increases than Pritzker has proposedFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Public universities in Illinois began making their case Wednesday for state funding increases larger than those that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed...
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Lawmakers announce bill mandating sex education for all K-12 studentsFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois public and charter schools would be mandated to teach students from kindergarten through 12th grade "inclusive, medically accurate, and culturally...
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U-46 wants to create a method to audit its early learner programsFeb 25, 2020 4:33 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are planning to evaluate the district's early learner programs for the 2020-21 school year. A lot of school districts are looki...