Articles filed under Education
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Principal to move from Des Plaines junior high to Mount Prospect elementary schoolFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - The new principal of Friendship Junior High School in Des Plaines will leave at the end of the school year to become principal at Indian Grove Elementary School in Mount...
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'Band nerd for life': How Batavia teacher's lessons use 'Old Town Road,' basketballFeb 10, 2020 5:00 am - On a Wednesday morning before school, Lisa Hatfield stands in front of her fifth-grade band ensemble and leads the roughly 90 students in rehearsing the song “Old Town R...
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Tips from a top teacher: Lisa Hatfield, Batavia Unit District 101Feb 10, 2020 5:00 am - Lisa Hatfield's energy and passion for music is contagious throughout Batavia Unit District 101, parents and colleagues say. In her eighth year teaching fifth-grade band...
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Northern Illinois Newspaper Association seeks 2020 High School Journalist of the YearFeb 09, 2020 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois Newspaper Association will award a $1,000 scholarship this spring to the high school senior picked by the association as the 2020 Northern Illinois...
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Study: Community college students could be charged more for loansFeb 09, 2020 5:13 am - Two college students. Same credit profile. Same $10,000 loan. Same bank. The only difference is one attends a community college, while the other is enrolled at a four-ye...
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Elgin High School students, teachers create webinars on biodiversityFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - Years before Greta Thunberg brought the perils of our planet more clearly onto a global stage, a group of Elgin High School students was doing their part to create aware...
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Mundelein schools meetings set for Feb. 18Feb 07, 2020 12:00 am - Mundelein High School District 120 and Mundelein Elementary District 75 will hold interactive meetings for staff and community members on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Distri...
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Entertainer uses magic, laughter to teach good character at Round Lake schoolFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Mixing magic, puppetry and comedy, Tim Hannig grabbed the attention of kids at Village Elementary School and for 45 minutes didn't let go. Hannig brought his Pro-Kids S...
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Tickets available for play at Vernon Hills HighFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - Vernon Hills High School's Backlight Theatre Company will present the play "The K of D" this week. The play is about a 12-year-old girl struggling to come to terms with ...
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Dist. 204 students observe 'chaos' of Iowa caucusesFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - Parents toting babies while playing politics, kids making bribes with cookies and college students using "class" as an excuse: All in a day at the Iowa caucuses. A grou...