Articles filed under Education
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How District 214's Educator Prep program is training teachers early to address shortageDec 03, 2019 4:30 am - Editor's note: Suburban Education Lab is an occasional series focusing on innovative programs at suburban schools, often tackling common, universal problems in edu...
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What's happening at the state level to address the growing teacher shortageDec 03, 2019 4:30 am - Building better preparation programs is just one element of the state's strategy to address a growing shortage of teachers. Other crucial approaches, officials say, incl...
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Back 2 School Illinois scholarshipsDec 03, 2019 12:00 am - Back 2 School Illinois announced its 2020 College Scholarship program that will award $2,500 cash grants to college-bound high school students for their freshman year of...
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Krishnamoorthi proposes legislation to help combat bullying in schoolsDec 02, 2019 12:00 am - Bullying and harassment in schools isn't a new concern, but it affects minority populations more acutely, says U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi who introduced legislation M...
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COD student receives Lincoln Civic Engagement AwardDec 01, 2019 10:00 pm - College of DuPage student Amna Razi has been named a 2019 Lincoln Academy of Illinois Student Laureate. She is the only community college student in the state to receiv...
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Emails reveal Dist. 200 board member was 'very upset' over author's canceled appearanceDec 01, 2019 12:00 am - At first, Susan Booton thought she had ordered the wrong book. Surely, this wasn't the one that led Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 to quash an author's visit to a...
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Oak Grove School students perform their original verse at new Libertyville coffeehouseNov 27, 2019 5:00 am - The Perfect Sky A splatter of deep blue in the yellowing sky Swooping, soaring, flying high Its last swoop finished One last soar And it dives down and is seen no more ...
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Kane judge to rule if former Aurora principal violated DCFS reporting lawNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - Was it duty or discretion? A Kane County judge will decide Dec. 10 whether a former Aurora elementary school principal violated the state's Abused and Neglected Child R...
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Schaumburg school attains National Banner designationNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - Addams Junior High School in Schaumburg, a Special Olympics Unified Champion School, will receive National Banner recognition for meeting national standards of excellenc...
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Illinois school board members reject arming teachers, support grants for school resource officersNov 23, 2019 12:00 am - Elected school officials from across Illinois have again shot down a proposal calling for legislation that would allow districts to decide whether to arm teachers and ot...