Emily Krone
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Audit: Give more U-46 funding to giftedNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - An audit of Elgin Area School District U-46's high school academies recommended increased funding for the specialized schools-within-a-school. The review, presented to t...
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U-46 teachers plead caseNov 05, 2007 10:00 pm - A second group of Elgin Area School District U-46 educators addressed the school board Monday, listing the concerns that led a narrow majority of district teachers to re...
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Evolution backer is coming to ECCNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - A leader in the fight to keep evolution education in the classroom -- and creationism out -- will speak Monday at Elgin Community College. Eugenie Scott, executive direc...
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A look at teachers' thoughts on hours, pay, being undervaluedNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers work very hard, as dozens of them reminded me in sometimes thoughtful, sometimes venomous e-mails this week. They were responding to an article that cited feder...
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U-46 union finds out why deal was rejectedNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 80 percent of Elgin Area School District U-46 teachers weighed in on the survey that will guide a second round of contract negotiations, Elgin Teachers Associa...
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Judge extends deadline by a month in U-46 bias caseOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Ongoing disputes over evidence in the racial bias lawsuit against Elgin Area School District U-46 prompted a federal judge to extend again the already protracted discove...
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U-46 middle schoolers see gains, but district lagsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Hundreds more students at Elgin Area School District U-46's eight middle schools met state reading and math standards last school year. Middle school scores inched up st...
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Second case of staph in U-46Oct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Hillcrest Elementary School in Elgin became on Monday the second Elgin Area School District U-46 facility to report a case of a drug-resistant staph infection afflicting...
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Chapter 6: Administrator pay vs. teacher payOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers get fewer apples from students these days, but their paychecks now more than compensate for the loss. Between 1998 and 2006, the average teacher pay in 94 subur...
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Memo to U-46 board: we'd like to start post-Neale era, but we can'tOct 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 board members are very, very tired of being asked about the terms of Superintendent Connie Neale's retirement. And I'm very, very tired o...