Articles filed under Education
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Learning Express still going strong in GenevaAug 26, 2013 12:46 pm - With the closure of the Learning Express store along Randall Road in Algonquin this summer, some have been worried that the store’s counterpart in Geneva would close too...
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Guards walk Chicago children to schoolAug 26, 2013 6:25 am - Thousands of Chicago children whose schools were shuttered last spring walked to new ones on the first day of school Monday under the watchful eye of police officers and...
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Heritage 5K Run/3K WalkAug 25, 2013 5:47 pm - The Rotary Club of Long Grove will host the annual Heritage 5K Run/3K Walk on Saturday, Sept. 7. Check-in/registration is 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. at Kildeer Countryside Scho...
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District 128 board meetsAug 25, 2013 3:09 pm - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 board will meet Monday to approve a budget for the 2014 fiscal year and to discuss other issues. The meeting ...
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Gigi’s Playhouse expands services to people with Down syndrome on 10th anniversaryAug 25, 2013 8:00 am - When Carla Flores was told over the phone in April 2012 that her newborn daughter, Samantha, had been diagnosed with Down syndrome, she fell into a fit of rage. “I was ...
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ECC students can get 4-year degrees without a moveAug 25, 2013 8:00 am - Editors note: This article was changed to reflect the correct spelling of John Coffin’s last name. Kerry McCullor is just one class away from meeting the graduation req...
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Rookie Mundelein teacher excited about first yearAug 24, 2013 8:00 am - As she prepared for the first day of classes at Mundelein High School, math teacher Maggie Sharp admitted to being a little nervous. Not about being in front of a class ...
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Schaumburg band director enters ‘senior year’Aug 24, 2013 8:00 am - Schaumburg High School Music Department Chair Kevin Miller has gotten into the habit of telling his senior band members they have work hard because it’s their last year....
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Wheaton teacher and her students prove to be one in a millionAug 24, 2013 3:00 am - Kids in a typical second-grade classroom regularly will brag about having “a million toys” or complain about “a million pages of homework.” Eight years ago, a second-gra...
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Grant teachers get 12 percent wage increase, 30 minutes added to school dayAug 23, 2013 3:26 pm - Grant High School teachers will receive salary increases of slightly more than 12 percent over three years under a contract approved by the school board and teachers uni...