Articles filed under Education
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Elgin school board confronts aging buildings and inequality during tourDec 14, 2023 9:00 pm - Noisy classrooms that only have temporary walls as a buffer. Ceilings so low a person standing 5 feet 4 inches tall can touch them. Impassable stairways that hinder acce...
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'He loved helping others': Wauconda High mourning teacher killed in weekend crashDec 13, 2023 1:04 pm - The Wauconda High School community is mourning a longtime teacher killed in a weekend car crash. Bob Gillen, 53, of Palatine, had been on staff at Wauconda High since 19...
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Hoffman Estates resident named fall graduation marshal at Auburn UniversityDec 12, 2023 3:14 pm - Josephine Lee Wolan of Hoffman Estates served as fall graduation marshal at Auburn University in Alabama last weekend, representing the College of Forestry, Wildlife and ...
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Harvard president remains leader of Ivy League school following backlash on antisemitism testimonyDec 12, 2023 2:36 pm - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Harvard President Claudine Gay will remain leader of the prestigious Ivy League school following her comments last week at a congressional hearing on ...
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Top Teacher: Maine East High's Phil Ash encourages creativity in his radio and TV production classesDec 12, 2023 5:00 am - Students who take teacher Phil Ash's television and radio production classes at Maine East High School in Park Ridge have the benefit of learning from someone with solid...
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Backlash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidentsDec 12, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of t...
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ECC massage therapy student Therese Wilson teaches that it's never too lateDec 10, 2023 10:00 pm - "I knew I had a calling, but didn't know this was it until I came and took this chance," said Therese Wilson of South Elgin, massage therapy student at Elgin Community C...
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McHenry High School physical education department scores second Blue Ribbon AwardDec 07, 2023 10:00 pm - The McHenry High School District 156 physical education department scored a repeat Blue Ribbon Award for excellence from the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Ed...
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Lisle's St. Joan of Arc Catholic School receives third National Blue Ribbon AwardDec 03, 2023 10:00 pm - St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Lisle recently earned the 2023 U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School recognition for academic excellence. U.S. Secr...
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'Why not us?': MLK dinner focuses on Illinois' potential as leader in higher edDec 03, 2023 12:00 am - Illinois' potential to lead the nation as a model of opportunity for higher education and enlightenment was the key theme of the weekend's 54th annual Dr. Martin Luther ...