Education
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Dual credit courses give teens a head start on collegeMar 27, 2015 1:00 am - DuPage County parents may be surprised to learn that Advanced Placement, or AP, classes aren't the only means for a head start on college. Dual credit classes - offering...
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Retired teachers meet:Mar 27, 2015 1:00 am - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meeting at noon Tuesday, April 14, at Lambs Farm restaurant at Route 176 and the Tri-State Tollway near Libertyville. T...
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Work to start in May on new, expanded bleachers at Lake Zurich High School football stadiumMar 27, 2015 1:00 am - Work is scheduled to start in mid-May on new bleachers with expanded seating as part of an overall $2.8 million improvement package for Lake Zurich High School's footbal...
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Mundelein/Vernon Hills Rotary Club offers scholarshipsMar 26, 2015 11:00 pm - The Mundelein/Vernon Hills Rotary Club is accepting applications from high school seniors at Mundelein High School and Vernon Hills High School for its 2015 academic sch...
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District 158 school board approves boundary changesMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - Roughly 600 students will be moved out of Leggee Elementary School in Huntley over the next three years to alleviate overcrowding, officials said. The Huntley School Dis...
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New Roosevelt president to review Schaumburg campus planMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - Roosevelt University's newly named president-elect, Ali R. Malekzadeh, plans to get up to date with the school's revised vision for its Schaumburg campus when he succeed...
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Hawthorn Elementary District 73 teachers and other unionized employees get new contractMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - Hawthorn Elementary District 73 teachers and school board members have agreed to a new, three-year contract, officials said in a statement. The deal, which also applies...
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Stevenson High School fans gather to celebrate state boys basketball titleMar 26, 2015 1:00 am - Students, staffers and parents packed Stevenson High School's Forum space Thursday morning to celebrate the boys basketball team's recent state title. Wearing commemorat...
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CLC project groundbreaking:Mar 26, 2015 1:00 am - The College of Lake County held a ceremonial groundbreaking March 24 at the Southlake Campus in Vernon Hills for a $1.7 million expansion to create a new chemistry lab. ...
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Parents: We shouldn't need permission to opt kids out of tests like PARCCMar 25, 2015 1:00 am - Parents flocked to the Capitol in Springfield Wednesday to urge lawmakers to pass legislation that would let parents decide whether their children take standardized test...