Articles filed under Education
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LA students get iPads, crack firewall, play gamesOct 05, 2013 4:56 pm - LOS ANGELES — Education officials in the nation’s second-largest school district are working to reboot a $1 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of each of their 650...
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Burlington father, son end years of hiding their dyslexiaOct 05, 2013 8:00 am - Scott Cork and his son Shawn know what it’s like to constantly hide feelings of inadequacy and shame. The Corks, who live in Burlington, struggled academically, unable ...
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District 103 PTO event on Oct. 8Oct 04, 2013 6:54 pm - The Lincolnshire Prairieview Elementary District 103 PTO, Lincolnshire Community Nursery School, and Tamarak Day School present, “EQ vs IQ: Does Your Child Have What It ...
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Project-based learning taking off in Glen Ellyn schoolsOct 04, 2013 1:19 pm - Fixated on the challenge before them, Hailey Small and classmate Noell Pekny worked together Friday toward a solution to a perplexing problem. How do you design a miniat...
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District 95 preschool screening on tapOct 04, 2013 1:04 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 will offer a preschool screening for 3- and 4-year-old children for whom there may be concerns in the areas of gross or fine motor skills, s...
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Lake Villa school raises money, breast cancer awareness with annual walkOct 04, 2013 9:00 am - How many Palombi Middle School students does it take to create a giant human ribbon? Around 750. Seventh and eighth grade students from the Lake Villa school participate...
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Jesse Owens school in Chicago closer to realityOct 03, 2013 4:54 pm - The original Jesse Owens Community Academy was closed in June amid a Chicago Public Schools program that closed dozens of schools. The students were sent to nearby Gompe...
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Round Lake District 116 throwing big celebration for Hispanic Heritage MonthOct 03, 2013 4:23 pm - At least 500 spectators are expected for Round Lake Area Unit District 116’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration that’ll feature a variety of entertainment next week. S...
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U-46 to ask community about name change proposalOct 03, 2013 5:30 am - What's in a name? Ask the students, parents and staff of Sheridan Elementary School in Elgin who soon will be voting on a possible name change. Elgin Area School Distri...
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Editorial: Going online to combat bullyingOct 02, 2013 2:06 pm - If you’ve ever been victimized by a bully, you know what an awful, gut-wrenching feeling that is. It can come in the form of name-calling and mean jokes or of being the ...