Articles filed under Education
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Dist. 211 schedules class for Veterans Day 2014Jan 17, 2013 5:31 pm - In fall 2014, for the first time, students in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 will be in class on Veterans Day. After holding a public hearing on the matte...
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Dist. 214 approves school improvement plansJan 17, 2013 4:38 pm - The Northwest Suburban High School District 214 school board approved school and district improvement plans as required under the No Child Left Behind Act for failing to...
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Grayslake D46 contract talks fizzle againJan 17, 2013 10:00 am - Grayslake Elementary District 46 teachers will be on strike for a third day in a contract dispute, with the next bargaining session set for Sunday. District 46 board mem...
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Dist. 50 to hold dual language informational meetingJan 17, 2013 8:05 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 will host an informational meeting about the district’s dual language program for parents of students entering kindergarten in the fall a...
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Dist. 15 parents want Friday early release optionJan 16, 2013 10:16 pm - Parents in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 are speaking out against plans that could put a late start or early release on Mondays or Wednesdays next year. Offic...
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U of I might raise cost of room and boardJan 16, 2013 4:17 pm - URBANA, Ill. — Later this month, trustees at the University of Illinois will consider an increase of 2 percent to almost 7 percent in the cost of student housing on its ...
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Tech campus gets new boss:Jan 16, 2013 4:12 pm - Steve Clark has been named the new executive director of the Lake County High Schools Technology Campus, officials announced this week. He will succeed Linda Jedlicka, w...
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Fruits, vegetables deliver healthy livingJan 16, 2013 1:00 pm - “What is the most eaten fruit in the USA?,” asked a student in Jen Janik's third-grade class at Big Hollow Elementary School in Ingleside. Let's start by understanding w...
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Unique design wins Mooseheart’s bridge-breaking contestJan 16, 2013 12:29 pm - In the weighty world of determining which of the 11 student-created bridges was strongest in Mooseheart’s 27th annual Bridge-Breaking competition, the bridges that withs...
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New documentary examines neo-Nazis’ attempted march in SkokieJan 16, 2013 11:52 am - The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center has produced a new local documentary that focuses on the attempted neo-Nazi march in Skokie in the late 1970s. “Skokie...