Education
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‘Really incredible’: Zoo’s new Gorilla Conservation Center brings students and animals togetherJul 20, 2025 9:00 pm - Brookfield Zoo Chicago has unveiled a prominent new home for the King Conservation Leadership Academy. And it has “one of the best views, I think, any classroom anywhere ever will have,” a zoo leader said.
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Study: Education still pays, but barriers to upward mobility persist in Illinois
Jul 20, 2025 4:12 pm - A new study shows there are barriers to upward mobility in Illinois, especially for women and people of color.
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Teen charged with planning to bomb Islamic school in Glendale HeightsJul 18, 2025 2:34 pm - A Lombard teenager has been accused of planning to bomb an Islamic school in Glendale Heights.
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‘This makes it real’: Traveling replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial and education center open through Sunday in AntiochJul 17, 2025 5:43 pm - The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the emotional toll for those who lost a relative, friend or colleague was rekindled Thursday with the opening of The Wall That Heals in Antioch.
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Central 301 to do nationwide search for new superintendentJul 17, 2025 12:31 pm - Central Unit District 301 is looking nationwide for its next superintendent.
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District 214 puts prime Arlington Heights Road real estate up for sale, againJul 15, 2025 8:37 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 is again trying to sell a vacant Arlington Heights office building amid expected costs for renovations to aging schools.
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How Naperville freshman center will become a ‘hub’ for District 204 programsJul 15, 2025 3:11 pm - District 204 is slated to redesign the stand-alone Neuqua freshman center — named for former Superintendent Kathy Birkett — as part of an ambitious list of projects made possible by voter-approved funding.
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Nearly $200 million Mundelein High School improvement plan underwayJul 14, 2025 9:36 pm - Construction is in high gear on the Mundelein High School campus, with one project near completion and groundwork for eight new classrooms and associated spaces moving along.
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Supreme Court allows Trump to lay off nearly 1,400 Education Department employees
Jul 14, 2025 2:40 pm - The Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
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More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding