Articles filed under Barrington Area Unit District 220
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Barrington 220 preps more than 60 new teachers for first yearAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - A bumper crop of new Barrington Area Unit School District 220 teachers were welcomed to the community during a week of orientation events last week at Barrington High. "...
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Barrington Dist. 220 board says district should hire more teachersAug 12, 2015 5:30 am - Concerned that some elementary school classrooms would be too crowded in the coming school year, the Barrington Area Unit School District 220 board told administrators t...
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Stanford University students giving girls the power to make changeJul 21, 2015 1:00 am - Four Stanford University students calling themselves Girls Driving for a Difference stopped in Barrington this week on their 10-week tour of the country, specifically to...
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Innovative Barrington High business program spreading nationwideJul 20, 2015 1:00 am - Educators from across the country converged Monday on Barrington High School for a three-day workshop to learn more about its entrepreneurship course that has students c...
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Replacing collapsed bridge to cost District 220 $281,000Jul 15, 2015 5:30 am - The Barrington Area Unit School District 220 approved a $281,000 project to replace the collapsed bridge connecting the athletic area and parking lot north of Flint Cree...
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Barrington High School custodians ask Dist. 220 for higher wagesJul 15, 2015 1:00 am - Custodians at Barrington High School are asking the Barrington Unit School District 220 board of education to do something about their falling wages. The workers say the...
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Editorial: A model for teaching low-income students through sense of communityJun 23, 2015 11:00 pm - The story of Sunny Hill Elementary School is really the story of a bold new model in education. The focus of Tuesday's installment in our Generations at Risk series, Sun...
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How one poor school in Carpentersville is making big gains on testsJun 23, 2015 5:00 am - Sunny Hill in Carpentersville starts with making sure kids have enough to eat.
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More suburban Latino students taking, scoring higher on AP testsJun 20, 2015 1:00 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 Hig...
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A district-by-district look at AP assistance programsJun 20, 2015 1:00 am - Suburban school districts offer a variety of interventions and programs to increase participation in Advanced Placement exams, which for Latinos has more than quadrupled...