Articles filed under Education
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Chicago schools CEO has ‘right-sizing’ planNov 26, 2012 3:13 pm - Chicago Teachers Union leaders want a moratorium on school closures to start this year — not next fall as proposed by the new CEO of the city’s public school system. Chi...
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New ad highlights value of Elgin Community CollegeNov 26, 2012 4:30 am - Elgin Community College has embarked on a new marketing campaign to encourage prospective college students to take the community college route over the more expensive fo...
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All Stevenson High students could get iPads by 2015Nov 26, 2012 4:30 am - Already widely used on campus, Apple iPad tablet computers could be distributed to all Stevenson High School students by 2015, officials said. If plans progress, every i...
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Decades of alumni sing thanks to retired choir directorNov 25, 2012 3:00 pm - More than three decades of alumni came together for a reunion concert Sunday afternoon to pay tribute and give thanks to the choir director who they said made such a dif...
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At 87, Arlington Hts. woman still driven to fight polioNov 25, 2012 6:59 am - A little girl stared up at Mary Stitt from a dirt ground a world away. Only 7 years old, the Nigerian girl couldn’t walk, couldn’t go to school, couldn’t play with her f...
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Some states preserve penmanship despite tech gainsNov 24, 2012 2:02 pm - LOS ANGELES — The pen may not be as mighty as the keyboard these days, but California and a handful of states are not giving up on handwriting entirely. Bucking a growi...
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Keeping track of time started 4,000 years agoNov 23, 2012 2:41 pm - “Who decided to have a 12-hour clock? How did they choose 12?”asked a student in Karen Bromley’s third-grade class at Prairie Trail School in Gurnee. It’s about time to ...
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Harper students building rockets for NASANov 23, 2012 11:02 am - Harper College has its own rocket scientists, and they’re building rockets for NASA. Scott Mueller of Elk Grove Village and Craig Babiarz of Rolling Meadows, both secon...
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Geneva tax watchdog applauds new teacher contractNov 23, 2012 10:07 am - A Geneva group with arguably the most critical eye toward any local tax increases called the provisions unveiled so far in the new Geneva District 304 teacher contract “...
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ECC garners national recognitionNov 22, 2012 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College was one of 14 community colleges across the country — and the only one in Illinois — named as a leader in community college student completion an...