Articles filed under Education
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Dist. 73 to hold kindergarten information meetingJan 30, 2013 10:56 am - Parents of students who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1 are asked to attend the Hawthorn Kindergarten Parent Information Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, at Hawthorn Mi...
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District 300 officials say population up 2 percentJan 30, 2013 10:16 am - Community Unit District 300 has 20,856 students, a population that is up 2 percent in two years and ranks the Carpentersville-based district as the sixth largest in the ...
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Earliest possible District 220 strike now Feb. 21Jan 30, 2013 10:09 am - Barrington Unit District 220’s school board and teachers union have agreed to shift the timeline for their post-impasse contract negotiations by one day, pushing the ear...
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Gurnee’s Warren Township High School continues superintendent huntJan 30, 2013 9:57 am - Warren Township High School is ready to move into a second phase in its hunt for a new superintendent. John Anderson, president of the Gurnee-based Warren District 121 b...
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Power Point class:Jan 29, 2013 5:14 pm - A Microsoft PowerPoint 2012 computer class is set for Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9:15 a.m., at the Antioch Public Library, 757 N. Main St. This is a two-part class, with the se...
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ECC readiness initiative up for awardJan 29, 2013 2:40 pm - Elgin Community College’s Alliance for College Readiness initiative has been recognized on a national stage for being a “cutting-edge, trendsetting” program. ECC is a fi...
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ECC Alliance for College Readiness wins college national awardJan 29, 2013 2:28 pm - Elgin Community College was recognized Tuesday with the 2012 Bellwether Award, education’s equivalent to football’s Heisman Trophy. The Community College Futures Assembl...
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Union leader says Chicago schools have fake fiscal crisisJan 28, 2013 8:07 pm - The Chicago Teachers Union says an audited budget for the last school year showing an extra $344 million indicates the city’s school district has manufactured a fiscal c...
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Profiles in Excellence celebration in North ChicagoJan 28, 2013 12:58 pm - Profiles in Excellence pays tribute to African-American educators from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3 at the Greenbelt Cultural Center, 1215 Green Bay Road in North Chicago....
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Northwest suburban schools on Illinois Honor RollJan 28, 2013 12:00 pm - The State Board of Education named 26 Northwest suburban elementary schools to the Illinois Honor Roll on Monday — half of them from one district alone. School districts...