Articles filed under Education
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Hough Elementary to receive security upgradesDec 02, 2015 4:44 am - Hough Street School likely won't receive a long-discussed $2 million renovation that proponents say would make the building at 310 S. Hough St. in Barrington more functi...
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Three suburban districts to test e-learning on snow daysDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - A day of nothing but sledding when schools declare "snow days" might not be an option this winter for students at three suburban school districts. But there still might ...
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Dist. 211 transgender student must use separate changing area; ACLU disappointedDec 02, 2015 12:00 am - This story was updated Dec. 4 to correct how events unfurled immediately after the board vote, a period when the reporter was out of the room calling in the vote resu...
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Meadow Glens celebrates Blue Ribbon with a songDec 01, 2015 10:00 pm - Students and staff members at one of eight National Blue Ribbon Schools in the suburbs celebrated the award with song. Accompanied by piano and guitar, kids and teacher...
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Two fired administrators sue College of DuPageDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Two fired College of DuPage administrators filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming they were wrongfully terminated as payback for opposing the school board chairwoman's...
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Free concert at MHSDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Mundelein High School's four concert bands will perform a free concert Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium, 1350 W. Hawley St. The symphonic band, honor...
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Stevenson Give-A-Thon bigger than everDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - Members of the National Honor Society were in the holiday spirit Tuesday, wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers as they wrapped presents, organized bicycles, and boxed...
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CLC not waiting for state money for $30 million projectDec 01, 2015 12:00 am - College of Lake County board members have agreed that a lack of promised state funding should not derail construction of a science and engineering building on the Graysl...
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Despite 5-year ban, CPS wants to close two schools, consolidate othersNov 30, 2015 10:00 pm - Despite a five-year ban on closing schools, Chicago Public Schools is proposing to close two schools it emptied out in recent years citing "zero student enrollment." And...
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Can technology make large classes at suburban schools better?Nov 30, 2015 4:35 am - The average suburban classroom is awash in technology. Chromebooks, iPads and smartphones, Google Docs, class websites, video lectures - things invented today will be in...