Articles filed under Education
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Demographic change amplifying racial inequitiesJul 15, 2013 6:11 am - Editor’s note: “America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation” is an occasional series examining the changing cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic ...
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Great Lakes resident about to get her bachelor's degree at 14Jul 15, 2013 5:00 am - Thessalonika Arzu-Embry and her mother, Wonder Embry, get up at 5 in the morning most weekdays to go to school together. Unlike most 14-year-olds, however, Thessalonika...
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University of Wisconsin regents approve tuition freezeJul 11, 2013 6:07 pm - MADISON, Wis. — Tuition will be frozen for all students attending the University of Wisconsin System over the next two years, while fees and room and board costs will go...
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Woodlands Academy hosts open houseJul 11, 2013 1:31 pm - Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest will be hosting an open house at 7 p.m. July 18 to discuss uses for the 23 acres donated to the boarding school from nearby Barat Woods....
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Judge: U-46 did not slight minorities in boundary changesJul 11, 2013 11:00 am - Eight years after a group of Elgin Area School District U-46 families sued the district for racial discrimination, Judge Robert Gettleman filed his opinion, finding most...
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Wheeling High teacher nominated for Music Educator AwardJul 10, 2013 1:41 pm - Brian Logan, director of bands and fine arts coordinator at Wheeling High School, has been selected as a quarterfinalist for the first-ever Music Educator Award, present...
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Schaumburg library to host U.S. citizenship classesJul 09, 2013 6:19 pm - Preparation classes for those seeking U.S. citizenship will be held in August and September at two locations of the Schaumburg Township District Library. The “U.S. Citi...
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Top teachers prove value, over and overJul 09, 2013 8:00 am - When the Daily Herald debuted “The Suburbs’ Top Teachers” in December, the headline on our feature about Ryan Brown read, “He’s all about the kids.” Little did we know t...
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Jason’s teaching tipsJul 08, 2013 6:00 pm - Here are three tips from Jason Burke about how to successfully engage at-risk students. Ÿ Keep it real Sometimes these students are lucky to even show up at school ...
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District 300 charter school operator accused of discriminationJul 08, 2013 5:00 pm - A former principal at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove accused school operators of discrimination when they fired her in October 2011. The Illinois Depart...