Education
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Despite funding concerns, state panel OKs Elgin charter schoolOct 03, 2017 1:00 am - With some reservation, a state panel Tuesday sanctioned a new charter school to serve Elgin-area students, over the objections of officials at the state's second-largest...
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U-46 fills two administrator vacanciesOct 03, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 has hired two new administrators for fine arts and special education. Jaimie Abney-Giraldo is the new fine arts coordinator. She replaces...
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U-46 board member who made controversial flag comment apologizes for 'distraction'Oct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 board member Traci O'Neal Ellis offered an emotional apology Monday to her fellow board members, district employees and the community for...
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Woodlands Academy to host open house eventsOct 02, 2017 1:00 am - Prospective students and their parents can learn about Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart during open house events at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, and at noon Sunday, No...
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University Center offers financial aid workshopsOct 01, 2017 1:00 am - For the 10th consecutive year, the University Center of Lake County has collaborated with multiple partners across Lake County to organize a series of workshops where st...
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Need help sorting out what's fake news and what's not?Oct 01, 2017 1:00 am - For every bit of information in the newsosphere, there is probably a piece of misinformation competing with it. The sources of misinformation can be as benign as a joke ...
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An editor's response to charges of fake newsOct 01, 2017 1:00 am - Getting it right. This is not such an easy thing. If you and I went to, say, the same piano recital and got together later with friends to talk about it, they'd probably...
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Smaller classes officially the goal in Woodland District 50Sep 29, 2017 5:30 am - The Woodland School District 50 board approved a plan Thursday to lower class size guidelines districtwide next year over the opposition of two board members who thought...
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District 211 approves budget for debt-free futureSep 29, 2017 5:30 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members voted 6-1 Thursday to approve a $268 million budget for the current academic year that will make the district ...
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Oakton Community College offering help with financial aid formsSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Oakton Community College will host "four weeks of FAFSA" to assist current and prospective college students in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, o...