Education
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District 211 shares guidance on potential strikeDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Dan Cates sent an email to parents and posted the same message on the district's website Friday afternoon pro...
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District 304 board approves five-year teachers contract with raises averaging 3.92 percentDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Geneva Unit District 304 teachers will receive raises averaging 3.92 percent in each of the five years of a new contract approved by the school board Friday morning. Yea...
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District 54 names 3 new principals, literacy directorDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54's school board Thursday appointed new principals for Fairview and Nerge elementary schools and MacArthur International Spanish...
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Palatine Township District 15's next superintendent: Park Ridge-Niles' Laurie HeinzDec 13, 2018 4:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board members Wednesday night hired a new superintendent to replace Scott Thompson, who's retiring after the 2018-19 academic ye...
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Crowd urges District 211 board, teachers to avoid strikeDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - Crowd urges board, teachers not to disrupt finals in Dist. 211
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District 15 postponing plan to hire retired cops as armed clerical workersDec 13, 2018 12:00 am - An idea to have armed retired police officers working front-office jobs to boost security at grade schools has been placed on hold at Palatine Township Elementary Distri...
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Are we putting too much emphasis on homework?Dec 12, 2018 10:00 pm - "Our educational system is in trouble." "In too many schools, kids just aren't learning what they need to learn." "Our children are going to have to work harder and long...
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Palatine library offers study zonesDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Palatine Public Library District will host a special study zone for teenagers starting Monday, Dec. 17. Running from 1 to 8:30 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 20, the first-...
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District 211 teachers strike could start Dec. 18Dec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 teachers could go on strike as early as Tuesday over stalled contract negotiations, union officials said Wednesday. But John...
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Two former students return to Fremont Middle School as teachersDec 11, 2018 10:00 pm - School systems and buildings change over time, and educators and students come and go. It's the natural evolution of education. But there are times when longtime teacher...