Education
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Flood damaged Ellis Elementary in Round Lake Beach opens new modern libraryFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - Students at Ellis Elementary school showed off the high-tech features of their school's new Limitless Learning Commons during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Round Lake...
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Catholic school rises out of a vacant Kmart in WaukeganFeb 13, 2018 12:00 am - Students excitedly entered through glass doors to attend their first day of classes in the once-vacant Waukegan big box store that is the new home of Cristo Rey St. Mart...
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District 54 task force aims to enhance educationFeb 12, 2018 10:00 pm - Creative expression. Student-centric design. Makerspaces. These are a few of the concepts being examined by the District 54 Instructional Innovation Task Force this win...
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Celebrating more top science teachersFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - Fremont Middle School science teacher Emily Loerakker had a pretty simple reason for wanting to be a teacher - she had some wonderful teachers when she was in school. "T...
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Geneva teacher teaches science with storytelling, charactersFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - Sporting a wig, mustache and a southern accent, Matt Gain tries to find fun ways to make science more interesting to his students. Gain, 46, who has taught eighth-grade ...
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Geneva teacher teaches science with storytelling, charactersFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - Sporting a wig, mustache and a southern accent, Matt Gain tries to find fun ways to make science more interesting to his students. Gain, 46, who has taught eighth-grade ...
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Prospect Heights teacher went from boardroom to classroomFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - Stephanie Ritter is in her 13th year at MacArthur Middle School in Prospect Heights, where she teaches sixth-graders science, language arts and social studies. Teaching ...
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Granger science teacher likes collaborating with studentsFeb 12, 2018 5:00 am - Brian Klaft started teaching in 1991 in Chicago Public Schools and has been teaching science at Indian Prairie Unit District 204's Granger Middle School in Aurora for 19...
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Round Lake school district receiving extra $5 million from stateFeb 12, 2018 12:00 am - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 is expected to receive roughly $5 million from the state in April. It's money the district didn't plan for, and now the school board mu...
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Futabakai Japanese School hopes to stay in Arlington HeightsFeb 12, 2018 12:00 am - A Japanese school that's made Arlington Heights its home for the past two decades is looking to stay in town and lease additional space at a former Arlington Heights Ele...