Articles filed under Education
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U-46 OKs contracts with two more unionsOct 01, 2012 4:03 pm - Secretaries and custodial staff in Elgin Area School District U-46 have a new contract after the longest negotiations in the district’s history. The U-46 school board o...
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Mt. Prospect woman's retires from 'grandmother' role at day care centerOct 01, 2012 11:00 am - Marie Handley started her day last Wednesday the way she has for 26 years: eating breakfast with more than a dozen toddlers, seated in booster seats around her. On Thurs...
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Dist. 303 survey: 52% of students feel school connectionOct 01, 2012 5:30 am - A new St. Charles Unit District 303 survey shows 48 percent of students do not have a strong feeling of belonging in the schools they attend. But the results aren't rai...
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Elk Grove celebrates building characterSep 28, 2012 6:09 pm - The Community Character Coalition of Elk Grove held its fourth annual Celebration of Character Sept. 21 at the Elk Grove Pavilion, 1000 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Vill...
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Scalia dedicates courtroom in honor of GoldbergSep 28, 2012 3:53 pm - It was an odd choice to bring in Antonin Scalia, one of U.S. Supreme Court’s most conservative justices, to help dedicate a courtroom to a decidedly liberal justice who ...
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D128 offers community classes this fallSep 28, 2012 10:04 am - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 community education catalogs for the fall have been mailed and registration is in progress. You can visit the...
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D50 receives PR awardsSep 27, 2012 4:18 pm - Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50 has received an award for its communications efforts from a statewide group. The Illinois chapter of the National School Pub...
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Achievement Scholarship semifinalists namedSep 27, 2012 3:40 pm - More than 1,600 black American high school seniors have been designated semifinalists in the annual National Achievement Scholarship Program by the National Merit Schola...
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Dist. 211 approves budget with surplusSep 27, 2012 3:04 pm - A $272.6 million budget for the 2012-13 school year was unanimously approved without any discussion by the Palatine-Schaumburg District 211 board on Thursday. The budget...
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Students, community build garden at Ivy Hill school in Arlington Hts.Sep 27, 2012 11:45 am - Students, parents and staff will be working Sunday morning to lay the groundwork for a new community garden behind Ivy Hill School in Arlington Heights where school offi...