Articles filed under Education
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District 158 education foundation awards almost $12,000Feb 05, 2013 3:15 pm - When the Huntley Unit District 158 Education Foundation awarded $11,790 in grants last week, it moved eight teacher projects from dreams to realities. The foundation co...
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Dist. 33 teachers, board still talking, still disagreeingFeb 05, 2013 10:00 am - Negotiating teams for the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board and teachers union returned to the bargaining table Tuesday in hopes of ending a strike that e...
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Norwegian scholarship availableFeb 04, 2013 4:34 pm - The Norwegian National League of Chicago is offering scholarships and cash prizes to deserving students who are of Norwegian heritage residing in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kan...
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VHHS to stage ‘Romeo and Juliet’Feb 04, 2013 4:02 pm - William Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo and Juliet” is coming to Vernon Hills High School but in an unusual style. Come see the star-crossed lovers as you never have before...
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West Chicago parents scramble to keep kids busy during strikeFeb 04, 2013 3:38 pm - Parents of about 4,000 students in West Chicago Elementary District 33 had to find alternate plans to keep their youngsters busy Monday as teachers walked picket lines i...
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Some parents unhappy with proposed U-46 calendarFeb 04, 2013 9:26 am - A proposal to start classes a week earlier for the 2013-14 academic year in Elgin Area School District U-46 drew criticism Monday night at the school board meeting. The...
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Lincoln Middle School students win state with solution to ‘senior’ problemFeb 04, 2013 7:30 am - When the nine-member Century Strikers First Lego League team at Lincoln Middle School in Mount Prospect organized last fall, their challenge for the year was “Senior Sol...
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In West Chicago Dist. 33, even how talks ended is in disputeFeb 04, 2013 4:00 am - Striking teachers were walking picket lines Monday in West Chicago Elementary District 33 with little immediate hope of a contract settlement that would allow roughly 4,...
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Hawthorn Woods man preserving historyFeb 02, 2013 10:00 pm - As a boy growing up in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Jim Dryden was thrilled when he was given a couple of swords and a helmet that his uncles in the military brou...
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No progress in Barrington Unit District 220 contract talksFeb 02, 2013 11:51 am - The first meeting between Barrington Unit District 220 and its teachers since both parties submitted their “last and final” offers to the Illinois Educational Labor Rela...