Education
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Woodlands Academy announces first recipient of alumna achievement awardOct 08, 2015 5:00 am - Mary Callahan Erdoes, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Asset Management division, is the inaugural recipient of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart's ...
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Dist. 211 opens talks on 2015 tax levyOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Before an audience that included a few of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's tax watchdogs, district administrators Wednesday started from scratch in explain...
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District 300 teachers get 4 percent raisesOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - More than 1,400 teachers in Community Unit District 300 will receive 4 percent raises for each of the four years of the contract, which includes 2 percent step and 2 per...
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How dual-language learning is taking hold in West ChicagoOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Tammara Mejia asks her first-grade students something in Spanish and they respond in English. Down the hall, Jaime C. Torne teaches science in English and his fifth-gra...
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Juried art exhibition opens Friday at CLCOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Recent Works 2015, the 35th annual juried exhibition for Lake County artists kicks off with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, at the Robert T. Wright Communit...
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Charges filed against Chicago schools ex-chief over $20.5 million no-bid contract
Oct 08, 2015 1:00 am - The former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, has been criminally charged in connection with allegedly steering a $20.5 million no-bid CPS contract to ...
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More contract proposals at Woodland Dist. 50Oct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Negotiators have swapped updated proposals in an effort to end a contract dispute with union employees at Woodland Elementary District 50 in Gurnee, officials announced....
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District 300 approves teachers contract, no details releasedOct 07, 2015 2:26 pm - The Community Unit District 300 school board Tuesday night approved a new four-year teachers contract, but officials have not yet released details about salary increases...
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Will federal funding spawn more suburban charter schools?Oct 07, 2015 5:35 am - Could a proposal to create a charter school in Elgin, defeated last year, be revived with the injection of federal funding? Illinois is among eight states selected to re...
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Religious holidays at school: The case for all or noneOct 07, 2015 1:00 am - With the school year under way, the community prepares for the eventful year ahead. Parents are encouraged to sync the school calendars onto their own electronic device...