Education
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Prestige schools team up on redesigned college application
Oct 04, 2015 7:41 am - More than 80 of the most selective colleges and universities are teaming up to design a new application system that aims to deepen engagement with high school students, ...
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College residency rules sometimes force students to pay prohibitive costs
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Dundee-Crown students get hands-on experience in new business classOct 04, 2015 7:30 am - Students are getting real world experience in a new business class offered at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville. Business INCubator, taught by teachers Nichol...
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Bilingual parent meeting at WoodlandOct 04, 2015 1:00 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 will host its first Bilingual Parent Advisory Council meeting of the year at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 7. It'll be at the Woodland Eleme...
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McHenry District 156 schools to remain closed MondayOct 04, 2015 1:00 am - McHenry High School District 156 schools will remain closed Monday, regardless of the outcome of Sunday's negotiations between the school board and the teachers union. T...
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ECC first to finish emergency response trainingOct 03, 2015 5:56 am - Elgin Community College is the first suburban college to earn the state's seal of approval as a safe campus, officials said Friday. The college will receive the Illi...
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Dist. 54: Preschool, kindergarten changes a hitOct 02, 2015 5:45 am - Parents have overwhelmingly embraced Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54's year-old Early Learning Center and month-old full-day kindergarten program, according t...
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District 200 struggles to recruit substitute teachers, therapistsOct 02, 2015 5:00 am - A below-average pay rate is hurting Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200's ability to recruit an adequate number of substitute teachers. It's just one of several human ...
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2 fired COD administrators drop appeals, expected to sueOct 02, 2015 1:00 am - Two recently fired College of DuPage administrators have abandoned plans to appeal their terminations, at least partly because they say the school's board of trustees is...
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Warren High's dinner theater production set for Oct. 8-10Oct 02, 2015 1:00 am - Warren Theatre's Dinner Theatre production of "These Shining Lives" by Melanie Marnich is set for 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 8 to 10, in the Almond Black Box...