Articles filed under Education
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District 62 board to discuss school improvement plan, levy MondayDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - The Des Plaines School District 62 board will meet Monday night to discuss an improvement plan for Algonquin Middle School and other issues. Each District 62 school has ...
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Which school boards have competition in the spring elections and whyDec 19, 2022 12:00 am - Curriculum, taxes, library books and even student groups are among the issues driving school board races across the suburbs. Monday was the last day for candidates to fi...
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Fox River Grove Elementary District 3 names new superintendentDec 18, 2022 12:00 am - Fox River Grove Elementary District 3 is tapping a Morton Grove School District 70 administrator as its next superintendent. District 3 officials announced that Matthew ...
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Still need a gift for your child's teacher? Teachers and parents offer their tipsDec 16, 2022 4:00 am - The holiday break is near, and as you check things off on your to-do list, you run across that one item — a teacher gift. What do you get for the teacher your child ador...
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'She never lost her sense of wonder': Longtime schoolteacher, Elgin museum educator Marge Fox diesDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Friends and family say Marge Fox was an itinerant teacher who never lost her sense of wonder about the world. "Wherever we went, she was teaching," her daughter Brenda F...
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Saint Viator, Sacred Heart honor Distinguished AlumniDec 15, 2022 5:00 am - The Saint Viator and Sacred Heart of Mary Alumni Association has announced this year's Distinguished Alumni honorees. In addition to two alumni who will be recognized wi...
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The U.S. Constitution: The Supreme Court and its powersDec 13, 2022 5:00 am - This is the eighth in a series of essays about the United States Constitution. It covers Article III - the Judicial Branch. The Article has only three Sections. Section ...
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'This just feels right': Streamwood teacher trades marketing career for a classroomDec 12, 2022 10:00 pm - Meagen Balzer was enjoying life as a 20-something advertising and public relations executive in Chicago. A conversation with her father changed everything. "I told my da...
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Muslim nonprofits receive grants to help serve suburbsDec 12, 2022 4:30 am - Several Muslim nonprofits serving suburban communities recently received grants from the Community Collaboration Initiative, a research-based project through Indiana Uni...
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Special needs students learn a latte of valuable life skills running coffee businessesDec 12, 2022 4:30 am - Every Wednesday morning at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect, special needs students and their teacher don green aprons and become baristas. Their SOARBucks coffee...