Education
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U-46 approves raises for paraeducators, but union not entirely happyAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board this week approved a four-year contract for paraeducators guaranteeing a roughly 3 percent yearly increase per employee ...
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District 211 budget lowers costs, forecasts $7.9 million surplusAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's tentative budget for the new school year, approved by a 6-1 vote, includes slight decreases in revenues and spending, and ...
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District 54 Run to Read returns Sept. 23Aug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 will host its 14th annual day of races Sunday, Sept. 23, to support literacy in the district. The goal is to collect 1,000 chi...
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Back to school in Wheeling Township District 21Aug 22, 2018 1:00 am - There were plenty of happy hugs - and a few sad ones - on Wednesday when students at Longfellow Elementary School in Buffalo Grove returned to class from summer break. T...
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Kindness can be as simple as saying 'hello'Aug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - I wanted to say hello and welcome everyone back to the 2018-2019 school year. It is time to dry off from the pool, grab the backpack and head back to school. The first...
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St. James School opens with new technologyAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The 2018-2019 school year has taken off into the clouds with the launch of new technology tools at St. James School in Arlington Heights. All teachers, prekindergarten ...
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Editorial: Schools need to combat bullying with culture of kindness, respectAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The motorcycle escort that brought 13-year-old Megan Kuntz to her first day of classes this week was symbolically powerful. Kuntz rode on the back of one of the three-do...
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MCC's new science center now open for classesAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - McHenry County College students begin classes this week in the state-of-the-art Liebman Science Center now open for the fall semester. Nearly 200 people, including donor...
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Waubonsee gears training to meet corporate needsAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - A recent report authored by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) notes that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't been invented yet.1 Employment skills g...
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Glen Ellyn District 89 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increaseAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - An earlier version of this report mistakenly referred to District 41. Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will ask voters in November to approve its first operating t...