Articles filed under Education
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Daily Herald opinion: New school year opens optimistically regarding pandemic - but cautiouslyAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board From the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have known that the school environment is ...
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Backpack Build event gives elementary students a head start on the new school yearAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - Students at Newport Elementary School in Beach Park will get a head start for the new school year with backpacks filled with supplies courtesy of Learning Resources, an ...
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Neighbors in the News: Mount Prospect District 57 welcomes new administratorsAug 08, 2022 11:00 pm - • Eric Larson has joined Mount Prospect School District 57 as the principal of Lincoln Middle School. Larson previously served as principal of Patton Elementary School ...
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'We have not told this story correctly': Waubonsie Valley updating its Potawatomi imageryAug 08, 2022 5:30 am - A new day is dawning at Waubonsie Valley High School. For nearly 50 years, the community supporting the Aurora school embraced the Warriors nickname, sometimes awkwardly...
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'Our children need this information': State adopts standards for sex education in public schoolsAug 08, 2022 1:00 am - Sex and health education have been taught in Illinois schools for decades, but a new law Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed last summer adopts National Sex Education Standards th...
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Cary District 26, teachers agree on four-year contractAug 07, 2022 1:00 am - Cary Elementary School District 26 and its teachers represented by the Cary Education Association have reached an agreement on a new, four-year contract. The union ratif...
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'Going to look normal': Many precautions will ease in schools even as COVID lingersAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - No more having to seat students 3 feet apart. No more mandatory universal masking in schools or COVID testing. Thousands of suburban students are heading back to classro...
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Before kids head back to school, here are 7 tips about buying and using backpacksAug 05, 2022 5:05 am - The back-to-school aisles at the store are beckoning - a reminder that summer is nearing an end and students will return to class in a few short weeks. For those shoppin...
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Good news if you waited to buy school supplies: Illinois' sales tax holiday is beginningAug 05, 2022 5:00 am - The start of school is around the corner and it hits you - you still haven't bought all those school supplies. No need to worry. In fact, this is one instance where pro...
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What clothes, school supplies are included in Illinois' tax holiday — and what's notAug 05, 2022 5:00 am - SPRINGFIELD – Beginning Friday and lasting through Aug. 14, the state will reduce its sales tax rate from 6.25% to 1.25% for certain clothing items costing less than $12...