Education
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'Team Read' gives Naperville kids role modelsDec 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Team gear on, books in hand, 20 members of the eighth-grade boys basketball team at Crone Middle School in Naperville went back to their roots and experienced a form of ...
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COD president counts school community's many blessingsDec 05, 2017 10:00 pm - Gratitude. This is a single word that means so much. Yet during the rush of the holidays it can be difficult to sort through the many tasks to be accomplished, often at...
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U-46 board adopts tax levy increaseDec 05, 2017 4:25 am - Citing a shortage of funds for future capital projects and a desire to be competitive, Elgin schools' officials authorized raising taxes Monday night. The Elgin Area Sch...
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Transgender Palatine student explains legal fight for locker room accessDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Updated Dec. 6 to reflect that the student was offered restricted access to the locker room but declined to accept it. Nova Maday, a transgender student at Palatine...
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New 5-year contract for teachers in Keeneyville District 20Dec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Teachers in Keeneyville Elementary District 20 have a new five-year contract that's retroactive to the start of the school year, officials said Tuesday. Ratified late la...
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U-46 schools taking part in global Hour of Code campaignDec 05, 2017 12:00 am - Students at several Elgin Area School District U-46 schools are taking part this week in the global Hour of Code as part of Computer Science Education Week. Coding - a ...
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District 301 to launch state's first high school veterinary science programDec 04, 2017 4:30 am - Central High School will become a regional hub for veterinary science education starting next school year. "It's the first (veterinary program) in the state of Illinois ...
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Des Plaines Elementary District 62 hosting substitute fairDec 04, 2017 12:00 am - Des Plaines Elementary District 62 will host a fair for those interested in serving as a substitute teacher in the district. The fair will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec....
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Why some students quit college - and how they can finishDec 03, 2017 6:15 am - Growing up in Cookeville, Tennessee, a university town about 80 miles east of Nashville, Hayley Furcean was determined to be the first college graduate in her family. "I...
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CLC hosts engineering job fairDec 03, 2017 12:00 am - Engineering students throughout Lake County are invited to the second annual Lake County Engineering Internship Job Fair, sponsored by Lake County Partners, the College ...