Articles filed under Education
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U-46 board OKs revised calendar with Aug. 19 start dateFeb 25, 2013 5:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 board of education members unanimously voted to approve a 2013-14 school calendar Monday night that includes a start date of Aug. 19 and ...
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Glen Ellyn schools rethinking grade levelsFeb 25, 2013 4:30 am - Ask any 8-year-old who attends school in Glen Ellyn what grade he or she is in and the answer you might soon receive could be surprising. No longer will the student say ...
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Author Dorothy Drummond Addresses West Chicago RotaryFeb 24, 2013 10:00 pm - No man, and no nation, is an island,” says Dorothy Drummond, former president of the National Council for Geographic Education, who addressed the weekly meeting of the W...
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Barrington offers Senior Law Enforcement AcademyFeb 24, 2013 12:49 pm - Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart and the Barrington Police Department are inviting village residents to attend the Senior Citizen Law Enforcement Academy this spring. ...
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Stanford University is 1st college to raise $1BFeb 24, 2013 6:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according t...
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'Much hope' as Bartlett native revamps schools in KenyaFeb 23, 2013 10:00 pm - Had Toni Maraviglia bothered to show up at Berkeley to get that MBA, she might not have time to talk these days, what with all her high-powered business meetings with mo...
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The SoapboxFeb 23, 2013 4:00 am - From the suburbs to your pocket: We all know Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and the Wrights flew the first plane. Perhaps someday the suburbs’ own Marty Cooper, w...
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South Suburban College gets state funds to expandFeb 22, 2013 3:34 pm - South Suburban College outside Chicago will receive more than $40 million in state money to build an addition that will help improve its health curriculum. Gov. Pat Quin...
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District 214 holds special needs workshops for parentsFeb 22, 2013 3:32 pm - Parents of students with special needs are invited to two informational workshops presented by the Northwest Suburban High School District 214 Student Services Departmen...
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District 207 replacing textbooks with ChromebooksFeb 22, 2013 10:05 am - All incoming Maine Township High School District 207 freshman and sophomore students must purchase Google Chromebooks from the district as part of a new program that wil...