Education
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Daily Herald opinion: Meeting a local jobs need: Select four-year degrees could be win-win for employers, studentsMay 07, 2025 6:41 am - Daily Herald opinion: Giving community colleges the ability to offer four-year baccalaureate degrees in limited, rigidly defined subject areas could provide the opportunity for more students to get them — and thereby help to fill needed labor roles in their communities.
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New principal named at West Chicago High SchoolMay 06, 2025 8:20 pm - West Chicago Community High School District 94 board named Limaris Pueyo as the next principal of West Chicago Community High School, effective July 1, 2025.
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‘A leader, mentor and education advocate’: Former U-46 chief José Torres dies at 65May 05, 2025 12:16 pm - José Torres, a nearly 40-year veteran educator and former Elgin Area School District U-46 superintendent, died Friday, May 2, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after a brief illness, according to sources.
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Trump re-ups his threat to strip Harvard University’s tax-exempt status
May 02, 2025 10:38 am - President Donald Trump on Friday re-upped his threat to strip Harvard University of its tax-exempt status, escalating a showdown with the first major college that has defied the administration's efforts to crack down on campus activism.
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‘I know I have hope’: Community rallies behind U-46 teacher in urgent need of a kidneyMay 02, 2025 7:59 am - To her students at Timber Trails Elementary School in Hoffman Estates, Katie Pappas is more than a health teacher.
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Digital skills software available at no cost to Lake County nonprofits and other organizationsMay 02, 2025 7:21 am - Lake County is distributing 29 licenses for digital skills software at no cost through Northstar Digital Literacy, a Literacy Minnesota program, to nonprofit, educational and government organizations that engage in skill-building programs with residents who meet specific criteria.
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New principal coming to St. Charles’ Wredling Middle School
Apr 30, 2025 2:52 pm - The St. Charles Unit District 303 board appointed Francesca Favero as the next principal of Wredling Middle School, beginning July 1.
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Leyden High bilingual chemistry teacher named 2025 Illinois Teacher of the YearApr 30, 2025 2:52 pm - Víctor Gómez, a bilingual chemistry teacher in Leyden High School District 212, has been named the 2025 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
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Opening doors: Deaf ASL instructor brings immersive learning experiences to HarperApr 30, 2025 2:27 pm - From helping to create Ecuador’s first sign language dictionary to teaching about Deaf culture, Harper College ASL instructor Marcos Aguilar works hard to make sure all voices are heard.
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Elgin Symphony to honor U-46’s Jaimie Abney-Giraldo with Educator of the Year AwardApr 30, 2025 12:27 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will award U-46 Fine Arts Coordinator Jaimie Abney-Giraldo, an experienced arts educator and advocate, with Educator of the Year at May 3 concert.