Education
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St. Isidore teacher receives diocesan awardSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - Jeanine Theobald, a longtime kindergarten teacher at St. Isidore School in Bloomingdale, recently was recognized by the Diocese of Joliet's Catholic Schools Office with ...
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Adults can go back to school tooAug 31, 2015 11:00 am - David Mullan and his wife, Sally, are lifelong learners. They both worked toward becoming stewards of the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. "We decided that once we got close t...
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Nursing program turns 50 at ECCAug 31, 2015 5:45 am - From its first graduating class of about seven students to more than 3,390 graduates to date, Elgin Community College's nursing program marks its 50th anniversary this y...
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Glen Ellyn District 41 debates when to do surveyAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - What's missing behind decision-making in Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 is anonymous feedback from teachers, two frequent dissenters on the school board say. Superint...
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District 23 strike could begin Sept. 16Aug 31, 2015 1:00 am - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 teachers could go on strike as early as Sept. 16, according to union officials who on Monday said the district has been "unwillin...
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Faculty are lifelong learners at WaubonseeAug 30, 2015 11:00 pm - Every profession requires a certain amount of continuing education or professional development to add new skills and maintain knowledge of current trends. The same is ce...
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Aug 29, 2015 7:00 am - Imagine if your teacher knew that you learned math best between 8:40 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. Or that after 38 minutes of studying history, you lose focus. Or that you learn s...
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State of the Suburbs: Changing standards, tests transform schoolsAug 29, 2015 6:00 am - Public education in Illinois has undergone a significant transformation in the past decade with the overhaul of state standards, assessments and how teachers and student...
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Batavia school budget forecasts spending 2.7 percent moreAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - The Batavia school district has plans to spend about $87.68 million in fiscal year 2015-16, about 2.7 percent more than was budgeted for the previous year. Of that, $9.8...
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Geneva school superintendent's contract extendedAug 28, 2015 1:00 am - The Geneva School District 304 board has again extended the contract of Superintendent Kent Mutchler. The board voted 5-1 Monday to lengthen it a year, to June 30, 2019....