Articles filed under Education
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Editorial: Help make sure survey is more than just interestingApr 03, 2013 8:51 am - Public opinion surveys can sometimes be more notable for their human interest appeal than for their ability to make a material difference on the subject they address. No...
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U-46 discrimination case may continue until summerApr 03, 2013 8:00 am - Judge Robert Gettleman has hundreds of pages of post-trial documents to read before deciding whether Elgin Area School District U-46 did, in fact, discriminate against b...
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Retired teachers meeting:Apr 02, 2013 5:03 pm - The Lake County Retired Teachers Association will meet at noon on April 9, at Lambs Farm restaurant at Route 176 and the Tri-State Tollway near Libertyville. The cost is...
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Harper debaters prepare for national competition in L.A.Apr 02, 2013 3:01 pm - Elisa Galvan of Hoffman Estates is a veteran debater and co-captain of Harper’s high-powered speech and debate team. At the state championship last month for two-year co...
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Prairie Crossing funding meeting TuesdayApr 01, 2013 4:23 pm - Prairie Crossing Charter School board members will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, with the lone agenda item focusing on proposed state legislation pertaining to funding. It’ll ...
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Deadline looms for first-time statewide school surveyApr 01, 2013 5:00 am - Parents, teachers and students statewide have just a couple of weeks left to provide feedback to their schools through a survey required for the first time by state law....
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Suburban teachers try new assessment of kindergartners that emphasizes playMar 31, 2013 8:00 am - Two kindergartners are sitting at a table in their school, building a castle with colored blocks. One suggests they take turns picking which block to add next. Their tea...
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A look at what’s in the new kindergarten assessmentMar 31, 2013 8:00 am - A new assessment for kindergartners will not require them to fill in the bubbles on an answer sheet. It also won’t require one-on-one work with a teacher where the child...
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Schaumburg offers 20th annual community scholarshipMar 29, 2013 5:26 pm - Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson has announced the availability of the village’s 20th Annual Community Scholarship in cooperation with Business and Career Services Inc. A Pres...
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Roosevelt U. Schaumburg provost named executive directorMar 29, 2013 11:00 am - Douglas Knerr, provost of Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus since January 2011, has been appointed executive director and university provost of Roosevelt Universi...