Articles filed under Education
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'We all want kids to be safe': With reopening coming, school leaders want guidance from stateJul 01, 2021 1:00 am - With the 2021-22 school year officially beginning today, suburban superintendents are scratching their heads about how to resume fully in-person classes this fall withou...
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Maine South newspaper wins honors for web journalismJun 30, 2021 11:00 pm - During a year with an immense amount of change, student journalists on Southwords, Maine South High School's school newspaper, turned to web journalism to continue to sh...
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Waubonsee's financial landscape remains strongJun 30, 2021 11:00 pm - The game of Taboo challenges players to describe a word for their team members to guess, but strikes certain words from the list of clues that may be used. For example,...
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5-year deal between Prairie Grove School District 46, teachers union includes annual raisesJun 30, 2021 1:00 am - A new five-year contract between Prairie Grove Elementary District 46 and its teachers union includes salary increases of 2.5% each of the first three years and 3% for t...
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DuPage Symphony Orchestra partners with West Chicago for music programs, educationJun 28, 2021 5:30 am - The Naperville-based DuPage Symphony Orchestra and West Chicago have entered into a long-term collaborative relationship - part of the DSO's plan to get out of the conce...
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'Our entire world was shattered': Parents say ex-teacher 'brainwashed' daughter to convert to ChristianityJun 28, 2021 5:30 am - Carpentersville parents Yosuf Chaudhry and Amena Alvi got the shock of their lives when they learned their 15-year-old daughter had renounced her Islamic faith and secre...
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Student loan payments to restart; here's how to get helpJun 27, 2021 6:00 am - For 42.9 million student loan borrowers, it's been 18 months without a payment. That ends in October - ready or not. The interest-free federal student loan payment pause...
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Park Ridge school gets new assistant principalJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A new assistant principal has been hired at Franklin Elementary School in Park Ridge. The Park Ridge-Niles Elementary District 64 school board has tapped Margaret Burke ...
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Chicago Public Schools employees ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to union duesJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Chicago Public Schools employees are challenging the validity of their signed contracts to pay union dues as unconstitutional under a 2018 decision tha...
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EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?Jun 24, 2021 1:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. - Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Republicans in the U.S. Senate introduced a resolution condemning any requirement for teachers to be...