Articles filed under Education
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Grayslake D46 fee hike proposalApr 30, 2013 4:30 pm - Grayslake Elementary District 46 board members plan to decide whether to increase student fees at a meeting that starts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. It’ll be at Grayslake Mid...
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Educators gather for Common Core trainingApr 30, 2013 4:11 pm - When the Common Core State Standards were adopted by the state board of education in June of 2010, many districts chose to sit back while others got an early start on im...
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Itasca District 10 repeals some cutsApr 30, 2013 1:00 pm - School board reinstates five teachers, preserves art and music
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Parents play big role in operation of Mundelein Cooperative PreschoolApr 30, 2013 12:00 pm - Sitting on the floor, Mike Brown seems immersed as he enjoys a board game with his competitors. While he's playing now, he plans later to sweep up as the teacher leads t...
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Could Madigan’s pension move bust gridlock?Apr 30, 2013 11:53 am - SPRINGFIELD — Powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s decision to write legislation cutting teachers’ and state workers’ pensions could reignite the push for l...
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Teachers head: Don’t link tests to evaluations yetApr 30, 2013 9:58 am - WASHINGTON — The head of the American Federation of Teachers says governments should hold off on plans to link standardized test results with schools’ evaluations until ...
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MCC president gets contract extensionApr 29, 2013 11:00 pm - Vicky Smith will remain McHenry County College's president through 2015, thanks to a last-minute contract extension by outgoing board members. Newly elected Trustee Mol...
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Lake Louise Elementary to join in TECH 2013 Technology demoApr 29, 2013 11:00 pm - Lake Louise Elementary School in Palatine is among approximately 60 schools statewide that will participate in the annual TECH 2013: Students for the Information Age eve...
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72 teachers cut in U-46; some may return next yearApr 29, 2013 7:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 will say goodbye to 72 teachers this year based on annual “reductions in force.” Melanie Meidel, assistant superintendent for human resou...
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Tough math problem has to do with the shape of the universeApr 29, 2013 12:28 pm - “What is the hardest math problem in the world?” asked students in Amy Mueller’s fourth-grade class at the Hoover Math & Science Academy, Schaumburg. In the early 1900s,...