Education
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U-46 teachers to address students' stress levelsNov 24, 2015 4:40 am - The stresses students face in school often goes beyond the pressures of meeting academic expectations, experts say. Experts say brains of children who live in a constant...
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Dist. 41 continues reviewing property tax levyNov 24, 2015 4:33 am - The Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 school board continues to crunch numbers as they try to make their "best guess" in what they expect the district will collect in pr...
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U-46 seeks to spark interest for 2016 STEM expoNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - Elgin, Bartlett and Streamwood-area students and families seeking to learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education can attend four i...
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Illinois considering offering SAT to high school juniorsNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - The state of Illinois is closing in on a deal to give high school juniors the SAT college entrance exam next spring, potentially ending decades of regional preference fo...
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South Elgin H.S. auto club 7th in national competitionNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - The South Elgin High School Auto Club earned seventh place at the Hot Rodders of Tomorrow Engine Challenge earlier this month in Las Vegas. The U-46 team took apart and...
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Former Barrington principal named new superintendent in District 102Nov 24, 2015 12:00 am - A former Barrington school principal and current administrator in the Lake Forest school system has been named the next superintendent of Buffalo Grove-based Aptakisic-T...
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A new approach to parent-teacher conferences in GlenbardNov 23, 2015 10:00 pm - We recently completed our first semester parent-teacher conferences and this year we added a new feature - student interpreters for parents who only spoke Spanish. Thr...
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Dist. 33 awarded $2.2 million to help neediest familiesNov 23, 2015 4:40 am - Some of West Chicago Elementary District 33's youngest and neediest students will benefit from a $2.2 million, five-year grant recently awarded by the U.S. Department of...
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Northwest suburban special ed superintendent named best in stateNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - Judy Hackett, superintendent of the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization, has been named Superintendent of the Year by the Illinois Association of School Ad...
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20,000 students opt out of controversial state test, group saysNov 23, 2015 12:00 am - A watchdog group claims more than 20,000 students in Illinois opted out of taking the state's new — and controversial — standardized test earlier this year. The Chicago-...