Articles filed under Education
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Dist. 95 settles teacher molestation suitMar 23, 2013 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich Unit District 95 has settled one of two lawsuits claiming officials ignored complaints about inappropriate sexual conduct by a high school teacher toward a s...
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Dist. 303 starts community conversation about mental healthMar 23, 2013 11:00 pm - St. Charles Unit District 303 officials recently debated spending more than $350,000 in school security upgrades in the wake of December's Sandy Hook school shootings in...
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Basketball tourney about sportsmanship, not just scoreMar 23, 2013 4:40 pm - As top college basketball teams battled in March Madness matchups throughout the day Saturday, a tournament featuring 30 coed teams from Chicago-area alternative schools...
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Jill Biden unavailable, so College of Lake County picks Dean DeBiase to speak at commencementMar 22, 2013 6:00 pm - After striking out with Vice President Joe Biden’s wife and the U.S. education secretary, College of Lake County officials have selected a successful business graduate a...
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Fremd graduate credits high school teachers for success at StanfordMar 22, 2013 5:36 pm - High school graduates may not often keep in touch with their alma mater or former teachers. But Patrick Kennedy credits his Fremd High School teachers for where he is to...
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Barrington Middle student wins third spelling titleMar 21, 2013 4:31 pm - For the third straight year, Barrington Middle School student Pranav Sivakumar won the Lake County Final spelling bee. Pranav, an eighth-grader at the school’s Station C...
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District 214 fees will increase, then freezeMar 21, 2013 3:58 pm - Registration fees in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 will be going up each year for the next few years but will be frozen for the duration of a student’s hig...
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54 schools in Chicago to closeMar 21, 2013 10:37 am - Chicago Public Schools officials said Thursday they plan to close 54 schools in an effort to address a $1 billion budget shortfall and improve a struggling educational s...
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Ingleside woman will testify against son in fatal drug caseMar 21, 2013 10:20 am - An Ingleside woman accused of supplying the drugs that killed a man pleaded guilty to a lesser crime in exchange for testifying against her son in the drug-induced homic...
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Gurnee’s Warren District 121 board rejects superintendent finalistsMar 21, 2013 9:46 am - Warren Township High School District 121’s board president says a search for a new superintendent has ended with the rejection of two finalists. The Gurnee-based distric...