Education
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MCC gets $500,000 to develop urban agriculture degreeAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - An anonymous $500,000 donation will help McHenry County College strengthen educational and career pathways in food systems and sustainable agriculture. Facilitated by t...
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Rauner now criticizes leaders' school funding reform dealAug 25, 2017 1:00 am - MARION - Gov. Bruce Rauner used an appearance before the Marion Chamber of Commerce Friday to say the tentative school funding bill worked out by the Democratic and Repu...
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State leaders say they've got a deal on school funding reformAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - General Assembly leaders said Thursday they've reached a deal on school funding reform, and the House will reconvene Monday to vote on it. But they did not release detai...
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Central High School opens new facilities for school yearAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Burlington Central Unit District 301 debuted new facilities this week, including a renovated library, new classrooms and modern weight training and cardio fitness areas ...
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Mentors, volunteers sought for career program at Dundee-CrownAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Interested community members, business leaders, and entrepreneurs are sought to help guide and mentor students in Dundee-Crown High School's INCubatoredu program. Now in...
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Harper makes $1 million challenge for 'Promise' scholarshipsAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - Harper College is dangling a maximum of $1 million as a challenge to a private foundation raising money for a program offering free tuition to qualifying high school stu...
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Students return to new administrators, facilities at Kane, McHenry schoolsAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - Thousands of students returned Wednesday for the first day of classes at several school districts in the Fox Valley. Classes resumed in Burlington Central School Distric...
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DuPage Airport event helps students fly into the school yearAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - For several glorious minutes on Tuesday, Gracie Perry got to imagine what it would be like to be a pilot. The 9-year-old West Chicago girl had a wide smile on her face s...
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U-46's fine arts coordinator leaving districtAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46's fine arts coordinator Alicia Kopec is leaving the district barely a week after classes started for the new school year. In an email to ...
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Des Plaines Elementary District 62 kicks off first day of schoolAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Community leaders attended a celebration of the first day of school in Des Plaines Elementary District 62 to greet students as they entered North Elementary School on Mo...