Articles filed under Education
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District 211 settles transgender discrimination lawsuitFeb 13, 2020 12:00 am - After nearly 4½ years, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 is free of both legal action and temporary compromises on the issue of transgender students' access t...
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How Medinah school celebrates Valentine's Day: With kindnessFeb 13, 2020 12:00 am - The second annual Afternoon of Kindness at Medinah Intermediate School turned the caring actions of students into lunches, blankets, bookmarks and care cards. The event...
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New tech for North Central radio station in NapervilleFeb 12, 2020 4:00 am - The broadcast studio inside the small house that is Oliver Hall on the North Central College campus in Naperville was the site of a celebration Tuesday of new technology...
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Is it time to rethink school shooting drills? Suburban districts say yes.Feb 12, 2020 4:00 am - The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that...
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CLC to receive second $100,000 grant from Metallica's foundationFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - The College of Lake County has again received a $100,000 grant from the heavy metal band Metallica as part of the band's All Within My Hands Foundation grant. CLC is one...
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Why Golden Apple is offering 50 students a full ride to earn a teaching certificateFeb 11, 2020 4:30 am - Barbara Cataldo felt her "heart wasn't being fulfilled" working in the business world. The Naperville resident switched careers, earned a master's degree and became a t...
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District 300 board hears from parents upset over changes to dual language programFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Dozens of parents and children packed the Community Unit District 300 school board meeting Tuesday night to weigh in on proposed changes to a dual language program. A gr...
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Parents voice concerns over District 300 dual language program changesFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Proposed changes to a dual language program at a Carpentersville elementary school has some parents up in arms. Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 wants to cons...
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Principal to move from Des Plaines junior high to Mount Prospect elementary schoolFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - The new principal of Friendship Junior High School in Des Plaines will leave at the end of the school year to become principal at Indian Grove Elementary School in Mount...
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'Band nerd for life': How Batavia teacher's lessons use 'Old Town Road,' basketballFeb 10, 2020 5:00 am - On a Wednesday morning before school, Lisa Hatfield stands in front of her fifth-grade band ensemble and leads the roughly 90 students in rehearsing the song “Old Town R...