Education
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Student entrepreneurs to pitch ideas at Judson U. 'Shark Tank' eventOct 23, 2015 1:00 am - Judson University kicks off its second "Shark Tank" entrepreneurial competition, with up to $2,000 in potential prize money, this fall. Inspired by ABC Network's popular...
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Glenbard District 87 wants more students taking AP classesOct 22, 2015 11:00 pm - Brenda Vazquez Hernandez walked into her class and immediately second-guessed her decision. She was the only Latina in the room. “You feel really out of place, and you r...
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Wasco parents push St. Charles district to save schoolOct 22, 2015 5:11 am - With their school facing closure to address shrinking finances and enrollment in St. Charles Unit District 303, Wasco Elementary parents made the strongest push yet for ...
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Lake Zurich student art gets eyes, possible buyers at StarbucksOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Budding Picassos and Monets from Lake Zurich Unit District 95 are getting a visible place for their works to be displayed outside school. Another rotation of student art...
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Accessibility is everyone's job, all the timeOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Twenty-five years have passed since the signing of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). While this quarter-century mark prompts us to measure our progress, at Waubo...
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Bears' Martellus Bennett shares love of reading, fitness with Palatine studentsOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine sixth-graders do football drills before listening to readers
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District 54 aims for new reading recordOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod and Hanover Park Village President Rod Craig were among the adult readers who assisted Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54's att...
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Roosevelt U. president wants full Schaumburg campus backOct 21, 2015 5:38 am - In a complete reversal of his predecessor's plans, new Roosevelt University President Ali Malekzadeh said Tuesday he intends to return the school's Schaumburg site to th...
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Dist. 211: Meeting with Office of Civil Rights productiveOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 officials met with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights Wednesday to discuss the investigation into whe...
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Stevenson High classes to begin 25 minutes later so students can sleep moreOct 21, 2015 1:00 am - In a move designed to improve students' sleep habits, classes at Lincolnshire's Stevenson High School will begin 25 minutes later starting next year. The school day will...