Education
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New home coming for West Aurora District 129 childhood center, SUCCESS AcademyAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - The final phase of a massive building campaign is underway in West Aurora District 129, as the district turns a former medical clinic into a new home for its early child...
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Lake Zurich High students to return to more secure campusAug 21, 2017 5:30 am - Lake Zurich High School students will return to class Wednesday in a safer, more secure building, thanks to a $700,000 project to enhance the school's main entrance, adm...
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Naperville man pitches tighter requirements for school finance officialsAug 21, 2017 5:30 am - Money is on the minds of school officials across the state, as politicians continue to haggle over how to dole out funding for education. But one Naperville man has some...
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Huntley alternative school helps students with anxiety, focus problems, moreAug 21, 2017 5:30 am - Donning a cap and gown and walking alongside one's peers to mark the culmination of 13 years of education is every high-schooler's goal. Yet social anxiety, an inability...
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Eclipse experiment progresses despite clouds in NapervilleAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - By the time Colin Jensen and Shirley Wu joined their peers Monday to watch the solar eclipse from the football field at Naperville Central High School, they had already ...
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DuPage judges dismiss lawsuits against Butler District 53 in cheating scandalAug 21, 2017 1:00 am - DuPage County judges have dismissed a total of three lawsuits filed by two Oak Brook families in hopes of ending a cheating scandal that has plagued Butler Elementary Di...
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Objections filed against effort for 'backdoor referendum' in District 59Aug 21, 2017 1:00 am - A woman connected to a local Democratic organization has challenged an effort to let voters decide whether Elk Grove Township District 59 should borrow up to $20 million...
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Wayne Elementary student: Eclipse is a 'once-in-a-lifetime thing'Aug 21, 2017 1:00 am - As the solar eclipse reached its peak totality, Wayne Elementary School Principal Marybeth Whitney-DeLaMar asked the hundreds of students gathering outside to pause and ...
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Palatine Scouts' STEM project blasts off to spaceAug 20, 2017 11:00 pm - After more than two years of working on their project, a group of Palatine Boy Scouts realized the dream of a lifetime: They watched their project blast off in a NASA fl...
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Schools trying to improve student performance with new start timesAug 19, 2017 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris says students aren't the only ones who will be affected by new start times that are backed by research from...