Articles filed under Education
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Suburban teachers among finalists for top state awardOct 08, 2013 11:12 am - Three teachers from Lake and DuPage counties are among 11 Teacher of the Year finalists vying for the state’s top educator award for 2014. Finalists include: Mark Buesin...
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Hoffman Estates students launch ‘Bake My Day’ bakeryOct 08, 2013 10:50 am - Several Hoffman Estates High School students can be spotted on Friday mornings arriving early to school, dressed in bright green T-shirts, and sporting a positive attitu...
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Naperville District 203 still debating drug testing for extracurricular activitiesOct 08, 2013 5:30 am - As heroin-prevention efforts ramp up in Naperville, one school district is continuing to consider mandatory random drug testing for students in extracurricular activitie...
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Veteran helps patrol Chicago streets during shutdownOct 07, 2013 7:48 pm - A Wisconsin veteran hasn’t let the federal shutdown shut HER down. Staff Sgt. Catherine Threat returned from active duty in Afghanistan in July. Since then, she’s been i...
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Lake Zurich students hoofing it:Oct 07, 2013 3:38 pm - Some Lake Zurich children plan to celebrate International Walk to School Day on Wednesday. Isaac Fox Elementary School students, parents and faculty will be joined by La...
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Ancient Egyptians were born into strict class structuresOct 07, 2013 10:58 am - You wanted to know Students in Nancy Sullivan’s sixth-grade class at Frederick Nerge Elementary School in Roselle asked, “In ancient Egypt, how were the Pharaoh and othe...
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Fall choir concertOct 06, 2013 6:04 pm - The Mundelein High School Fall Choir Concert will take place Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. in the MHS Auditorium, 1350 W. Hawley St. Admission is free, but the department ...
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Tips on figuring out student loan forgiveness plansOct 05, 2013 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Wish you could make your student loans disappear? Student loan forgiveness programs can make it happen, but there's a problem. “There needs to be more awaren...
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Stevenson High, 2 feeder districts to withdraw from SEDOLOct 05, 2013 11:00 pm - Three Lake County school districts are withdrawing from a regional agency that provides special-education services, citing financial concerns and a desire to educate stu...
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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...