Education
-
Dist. 204 choosing tests to measure student growth for teacher reviewsMar 30, 2015 1:00 am - Teachers and administrators in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 are working to determine how to include student growth as a factor in teacher evaluations by the 2016-17 ...
-
Mundelein High art show:Mar 30, 2015 1:00 am - The works of Mundelein High School art students will be on display during a two-day art show on Tuesday, April 7, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and again on Wednesday, April 8, fr...
-
Local winners named in You Be the ChemistMar 29, 2015 11:00 pm - More than 100 students from 35 middle schools in the suburban Chicago area participated in recent regional You Be the Chemist events in Des Plaines, Schaumburg and Lake ...
-
Mom asks Arlington Heights schools to ban peanutsMar 29, 2015 7:45 am - Arlington Heights mom pushes for change; not all agree it's necessary
-
Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social mediaMar 29, 2015 7:33 am - A New Jersey student's tweet about a question on new Common Core tests was deleted after it was flagged by a testing company, spurring a national debate about how to bal...
-
How to donateMar 29, 2015 7:30 am - Harper's Educational Foundation will kick off a $5 million fundraising campaign for the Promise Scholarship Program Monday. Donations can be made at Harper.edu/promise. ...
-
Harper president tried free tuition program at his last schoolMar 29, 2015 7:15 am - Tim Zoyac's mom drove a school bus, his dad worked in a warehouse, and neither went to college. He made above average grades and was involved in 13 of the 19 extracurric...
-
Harper College promises two years of free tuitionMar 29, 2015 7:15 am - A groundbreaking plan to offer two years of free community college to qualifying high school graduates will be announced Monday by Harper College in Palatine. To earn it...
-
Alternative schools experience March MadnessMar 29, 2015 1:00 am - March offers the exciting spectacle of high school and college basketball players testing their skills at the highest level of competition. But what about those athletes...
-
Dist. 211 renames new special-needs buildingMar 28, 2015 7:30 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will start next school year with an additional building to house new and relocated programs serving students and graduates w...