Editorials
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Editorial: Breuder, Hamilton and a year of COD tumultDec 29, 2015 10:00 pm - That it has been a tumultuous year at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, there can be no dispute. The year began with explosive meetings, an unexplained buyout package...
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Editorial: Future of education in the suburbs must embrace those at-riskDec 28, 2015 10:00 pm - One of the things we learned about schools in 2015 is just how much poverty is an accurate indicator of student academic performance. When we tie that to the increased n...
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Editorial: Gliniewicz case gave us a reminder of importance of discretionDec 28, 2015 10:00 pm - We remember distinctly where we were when we first heard that a police officer had been shot in Fox Lake. During our regular Tuesday morning editors confab we heard in q...
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Editorial: The Daily Herald's role in the communityDec 27, 2015 4:00 am - As journalists, we want to do more than just tell a story
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Editorial: Santa Claus lives, in all of usDec 25, 2015 4:00 am - As long as we love to give gifts, Santa's spirit is alive and well
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Editorial: Untapped special funds can't be part of long-term state budget solutionDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Untapped special funds cannot be part of what Illinois needs - a long-term budget solution
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Editorial: The problem with college remedial coursesDec 22, 2015 12:00 am - The data is in: Forty-nine percent of Illinois high school graduates enrolled in state community colleges need to take remedial classes to make up for what was lacking i...
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Editorial on COD: How the College of DuPage board can get back to workDec 19, 2015 1:00 pm - As Assistant City Editor Robert Sanchez describes elsewhere in the paper today, it was an incredibly bizarre seven days for College of DuPage politics last week. Even by...
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The Soapbox: Good news for Palatine schools, a frightfully good time in Elgin, decisions on Route 53 and more.,Dec 19, 2015 12:00 am - No news can be good news A little bird pointed out to us that for the first time in recent memory, the tax levy for Palatine Township Elementary District 15 was app...
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Editorial: Find cause of shrinking achievement gap for Hispanics at ECC and spread itDec 16, 2015 10:00 pm - As the Daily Herald's Poverty Achievement Index has borne out, whether in previous standardized state tests or the just-released results of the new PARCC test, there is ...