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Kids from poor families have potential, just as all kids have. Many simply don't have the same built-in expectations for school and career or the added backing of parental reinforcement that many of us had as children of the suburbs.
Such is the les...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 08:01 AM
Nothing is going right for the Chicago White Sox this season.
They haven't hit, played defense or run the bases.
On the pitching side, starter Chris Sale has easily been the star on a so-so staff.
Taking the mound against the Twins on Wednesday afte...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 01:50 PM
Third of four parts
When Principal Lavonne Smiley came to Tefft Middle School 15 years ago the Streamwood school was in chaos.
Gangs gathered on opposite sides of the gymnasium during dances. Teachers would jump in to break up fights. Students were ...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 06:47 AM
SYDNEY — David Hay was almost out of ammunition when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded in the turret of his Centurion tank in the rubber plantation village of Binh Ba, Vietnam, spraying shrapnel into the 21-year-old radio operator's body.
That was...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 07:28 AM
Editor's note: This is the first in a four-part series looking at poverty and education in Illinois.
In the rhetoric of the American dream, the road to success is paved with hard work and determination. The situation children are born into shou...
Updated: Jun 25, 2015 at 06:42 AM
Elgin Area School District U-46 officials recently unveiled a three-year master plan for districtwide technology upgrades.
The Technology Master Plan sets a standard for the types of technology used throughout the district. It calls for providing tr...
Updated: Jun 22, 2015 at 06:10 AM
A couple of years ago, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made the controversial announcement that her employees could no longer work from home and would need to return to working in the office.
But lots of companies wrestling with how to get people to show th...
Updated: Jun 23, 2015 at 07:04 AM
Four years ago, Jaylean Gavina didn't expect to attend college.
After all, only one of her parents even finished high school.
Gavina, 18, a recent graduate of Larkin High School in Elgin, will be pursuing a nursing degree this fall at Aurora Univers...
Updated: Jun 21, 2015 at 07:00 PM
Elgin's Gail Borden Public Library was selected among only eight across the nation to host a three-month, space-related traveling exhibit.
"Discover Space: Exploring Our Solar System and Beyond" will make stops across the country from April 2016...
Updated: Jun 20, 2015 at 08:41 AM
An Elgin Area School District U-46 school board trustee's call for a leadership institute for all district parents - not just Latinos and blacks - is being criticized by fellow board members.
U-46's Hispanic and black parent leadership institutes "s...
Updated: Jun 18, 2015 at 01:03 PM