Articles filed under Education
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Vernon Hills first graders work on basic writing skills for Valentine's Day projectFeb 19, 2021 5:00 am - Valentine's Day was much more than flowers and chocolates for a group of students at Aspen Elementary school. Around 55 first grade students at the Hawthorn District 73...
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Full in-person learning by Biden's 100th day? School leaders call it a lofty goalFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - Getting students back into schools for full-time instruction is an ambitious goal school administrators have been struggling with since the start of the pandemic. Severa...
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Woodland District 50 to return to partial in-person learning on March 1Feb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Students in Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary School District 50 will return to in-person learning starting March 1. Under the model adopted by the school district Thursd...
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Proposals sought for Sustainable Design ChallengeFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - DuPage County and SCARCE are accepting project proposals from local high school students for the 15th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. The Sustainable Design Challen...
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Why isn't Dist. 21 fully in-person? Officials point to distancing, class sizesFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - While other Northwest suburban school districts have returned to full-time in-person learning, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said this week they can...
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District 300 looking to expand in-person learning in MarchFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - With 80% of Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300's staff on track to have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses by March 15, the 20,000-student district is looking...
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Panel approves 'culturally responsive' teaching standardsFeb 17, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A legislative panel on Wednesday allowed the Illinois State Board of Education to move forward with new rules that call on colleges and universities in the...
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How Elmhurst District 205 secured vaccine access for its workforceFeb 16, 2021 4:30 am - While school systems of similar size are struggling to secure coronavirus vaccines for their teachers, Elmhurst Unit District 205 has been able to inoculate its workforc...
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Preschoolers, special ed students return to classrooms in ChicagoFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - After months of arguing about hand sanitizers, positivity rates, air purifiers and the like, a sense of normalcy returned to the city's public schools Thursday - at leas...
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Palatine District 15 ends talks of new school in shopping centerFeb 11, 2021 12:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board members voted unanimously Wednesday to terminate a purchase agreement for part of a Palatine shopping center, ending long-...