Articles filed under Education
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For Lyn Scolaro's students, the classroom is only the beginningSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - In Lyn Scolaro's classroom, learning a new language is about more than vocabulary words and conjugating verbs. It's a doorway to a new culture, a way to open minds and h...
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More parents opting kids out of standardized testsSep 08, 2013 7:36 pm - DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — While his eighth-grade classmates took state standardized tests this spring, Tucker Richardson woke up late and played basketball in his Delawa...
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10 'failing' schools will be restructured in U-46Sep 08, 2013 8:00 am - 10 'failing' schools will be restructured
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Bartlett teacher's charity links his students with AfricaSep 07, 2013 11:00 pm - From the narrow vantage point of his boyhood home in a Southeast Side neighborhood in Chicago, young Brett Weiss figured the big, wide world outside his door was pretty ...
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Dist. 302 enrollment down for 2nd year in a rowSep 06, 2013 4:08 pm - Enrollment in the Kaneland school district, once the poster child of the go-go suburban housing boom of the early 2000s, has declined for the second year in a row. Total...
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Civil rights icon meets with marshal who escorted her to schoolSep 05, 2013 6:10 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, who as a 6-year-old helped end public school segregation in South, was reunited Thursday with one of the federal marshals ...
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Enrollment down but more diverse at ISUSep 05, 2013 4:01 pm - NORMAL, Ill. — Enrollment is slightly down at Illinois State University at the beginning of this school year, but incoming freshmen have higher GPAs and ACT scores. The ...
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Schaumburg school gets gift of Chinese drumsSep 05, 2013 3:44 pm - A Chinese Immersion language program for a Schaumburg elementary school’s youngest kids has opened the door to a variety of cultural opportunities for the entire student...
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Backpacks staving off weekend hunger for some kidsSep 05, 2013 2:00 pm - A kid toting a backpack is an icon for back-to-school time. But in at least 18 area school districts, the backpack some students haul home on Friday totes more than book...
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Not a full victory for St. Charles Dist. 303 parents on grade centersSep 04, 2013 2:32 pm - A Kane County judge has ruled in favor of parents who sued St. Charles Unit District 303 to undo the conversion of Davis and Richmond schools to grade level centers. But...