Articles filed under Education
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Illinois, Wheaton at opposite ends of 'party school' rankingsAug 05, 2013 2:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa — College students consider the University of Iowa the nation's best party school, even though Iowa City has tried to make its famous bar scene less hosp...
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St. Viator using iPads to replace text booksAug 05, 2013 12:17 pm - St. Viator High School will open this year without one long-standing tradition: Book Day. That’s because nearly 98 percent of books for freshmen, sophomores and juniors...
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District 116, community plan to welcome students back to classAug 05, 2013 10:05 am - When the new school year begins Tueday Aug. 20 in Round Lake Unit District 116, students are going to know they have the support of their communities. That’s because man...
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St. Viator to randomly test all students for alcohol consumptionAug 05, 2013 5:15 am - St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights will begin randomly testing all students for alcohol consumption starting this fall, adding to the school's drug testing poli...
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U-46 wraps up summer projects ahead of student returnAug 05, 2013 2:22 am - Classroom upgrades, hiring wrapping up
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Education innovation blooms in recession’s wakeAug 04, 2013 6:47 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near the pool of the Phoenician, ...
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Back-to-school shopping likely to be less this yearAug 04, 2013 6:00 am - Tiffany Slaney-Leigh, 14, of El Cerrito, Calif., says she'd love to get a laptop, an iPhone, three-inch wedge sneakers, mini dresses and a butterfly tattoo on her hip be...
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Retired teachers luncheon:Aug 02, 2013 6:06 pm - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Lambs Farm restaurant, Route 176 and the Tri-State Tollway, near Libertyville. The...
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Chicago schools lay off 200 cafeteria workersAug 02, 2013 5:06 pm - Chicago Public Schools announced another round of layoffs. This time 200 cafeteria workers have received notice they will not have jobs in the upcoming school year. The ...
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Quinn signs student social networking lawAug 02, 2013 5:06 pm - A new law signed by Gov. Pat Quinn will prohibit schools from requiring parents to give out students’ social networking account information. Quinn signed the measure on...