Articles filed under Education
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Nontenured faculty at University of Chicago files to unionizeOct 31, 2015 1:00 am - Nontenure-track faculty at the University of Chicago have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to unionize, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. They a...
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Editorial: Let's not kid ourselves about what Illinois school report cards sayOct 30, 2015 11:00 pm - It is difficult to draw any sort of detailed conclusions from the latest release of the state school report cards. The results so far are so fragmented that it's hard to...
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Suburban superintendents to vent to state leader about new testOct 30, 2015 5:44 am - About 20 suburban high school superintendents are meeting Monday with State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith to vent their frustrations about poor performance resu...
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Incomplete state test results frustrate suburban schoolsOct 30, 2015 5:30 am - Mountains of demographic data, ACT scores and a new way to mark math competence among schoolchildren throughout Illinois are among highlights of the Illinois Report Card...
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Illinois students less white, more Hispanic, report card showsOct 30, 2015 5:22 am - What kind of student attended public school in Illinois last school year? And how did the Class of 2015 do on its ACT college-entrance examination? Data released Thursda...
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Income level affects ACT resultsOct 30, 2015 5:00 am -
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ACT vs. PARCC: Which test shows if high schoolers are ready for college?Oct 30, 2015 5:00 am - Divergent results from two tests measuring how prepared Illinois students are for college are causing much consternation among suburban educators. Results from the ACT c...
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Only 28% of Illinois 8th-graders passed algebra, but is that bad?Oct 30, 2015 4:35 am - Editor's note: A previous version of this story said that 25.4 percent of 8th grade students in Illinois passed algebra. The state has updated its numbers to reflect...
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CLC to host adult education fairOct 30, 2015 1:00 am - Students enrolled in Adult Basic Education, GED or ESL or are planning to enroll are invited to to the Adult Education College and Career Program Fair sponsored by Colle...
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Dist. 54 teachers honored for book collectionsOct 30, 2015 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 school board plans to visit six teachers across the district in November to praise them for filling their classroom librar...