Articles filed under Education
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Tdap vaccine required for Illinois preteens, teensAug 01, 2013 3:58 pm - SPRINGFIELD — It’s time for parents to think about back-to-school shots for their children, and that includes high school students. The Illinois Department of Public Hea...
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U-46 teacher travels the globe to enhance her lessonsAug 01, 2013 3:15 pm - Chris LaRue has helped grade Advanced Placement exams for the College Board for more than a decade. During a marathon grading session years ago, she heard other teachers...
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Fla. education chief resigns amid grading scandalAug 01, 2013 11:21 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s education commissioner resigned Thursday amid allegations that he changed the grade of a charter school run by a major Republican donor dur...
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Parents, students rally before Dist. 15 arbitration hearingAug 01, 2013 11:13 am - Several parents and students gathered Thursday morning outside the Palatine Township Elementary District 15 administrative offices before an arbitration hearing was set ...
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Ball State president: Intelligent design not scienceJul 31, 2013 5:36 pm - Creation science and intelligent design are religion and not appropriate content for science courses at a public university such as Ball State University because it viol...
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Judge rejects request to keep 10 Chicago schools openJul 31, 2013 4:45 pm - A request by some parents of Chicago Public School students to keep open 10 elementary schools shuttered by the district has been rejected by a Cook County circuit court...
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Oakton hosts nanotechnology open houseJul 31, 2013 4:00 pm - Learn about career opportunities in the growing nanotechnology industry at a free open house 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, hosted by Oakton Community College at the conf...
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State: Pingree Grove charter school must clarify feesJul 31, 2013 4:00 pm - State officials have told Pingree Grove charter school leaders to make clear the membership fees they outline in an agreement with parents are voluntary. If the fees wer...
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Dist. 300 board approves sale of Oak Ridge propertyJul 31, 2013 3:28 pm - Community Unit District 300 has a buyer for the Oak Ridge School property but won’t move students to a new location until the summer of 2015. “That is to allow the boar...
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Parents invited to build Libertyville playgroundJul 31, 2013 3:11 pm - Copeland Manor parents and former students, ages 18 and over, are welcome to help install a new section of playground on the evening of Aug. 9 and throughout the day on ...