Articles filed under Education
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City briefings: Deal near on Chicago teacher contract?Jan 28, 2016 10:00 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union is considering a "serious offer" from Chicago Public Schools, enough to put the proposal before its 40-member Big Bargaining Team on Monday fo...
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30 years later: Education centers carry on Challenger's missionJan 28, 2016 4:00 am - In the weeks after the Challenger space shuttle exploded over the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 28, 1986, June Scobee Rodgers was haunted by constant reminders of the tragedy. ...
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Website offers manufacturing job internshipsJan 28, 2016 12:00 am - The Golden Corridor Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (GCAMP) has a new website to better educate youth about careers in advanced manufacturing. The website, available ...
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Schools' requests for low-interest money far exceed availability; Aurora, Wheaton-Warrenville have appliedJan 28, 2016 12:00 am - Almost 200 school districts in the state are seeking permission to use a low-interest way of borrowing $2.36 billion for school repairs, renovations and construction. Bu...
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Palatine H.S. students go to Springfield to discuss manufacturing educationJan 28, 2016 12:00 am - Palatine High School juniors Gabriela Alvarado and Luis Miranda traveled to Springfield on Tuesday to speak about Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's manufact...
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Suburban applications for low-interest borrowingJan 28, 2016 12:00 am - Suburban applications Aptakisic-Tripp District 102: $20 million Arlington Heights District 25: $8.5 million Arlington Heights District 59: $13.99 million Aurora District...
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U-46 students earn highest state musical honorJan 27, 2016 10:00 pm - Six Elgin Area School District U-46 High School students have been named All-State Musicians by the Illinois Music Educators Association. The honorees are: Elgin High Sc...
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Local Soroptimist Club Offers GED GrantsJan 27, 2016 10:00 pm - Local Soroptimist Club Offers GED Grants The Suburban Chicago club offers two grants to facilitate the GED certification. Soroptimist International of Suburban Chicago t...
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Crystal Lake Dist. 155's STEM conference for girls onlyJan 27, 2016 4:00 am - Jenny Morris had a “light bulb” moment teaching an Advanced Placement physics class at Prairie Ridge High School last year. “I had 16 boys and zero girls,” she said. It...
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Lack of state money could create CLC budget deficitJan 27, 2016 4:00 am - College of Lake County President Jerry Weber says a lack of state funding could lead to a budget deficit in the 2016-17 academic year. Weber raised the possibility of a ...