Articles filed under Education
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44th House candidates want quick pension reformOct 23, 2012 11:10 am - Like the majority of other people running for the state legislature, both candidates for the 44th district of the Illinois House agree that pension reform needs to be ad...
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Grant programs make a difference to studentsOct 23, 2012 11:09 am - Community colleges offer a wide variety of courses and programs that help students learn new skills, earn degrees and certificates, and enter the workforce or transfer o...
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Quinn aide outlines dire budget optionsOct 23, 2012 10:00 am - 'There's really no plan B. We can't not reform the pensions,' he says
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Gym waivers approved in Dist. 214Oct 23, 2012 9:35 am - Students in competitive marching band or ROTC in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 can be exempt from physical education classes starting next year, the school...
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Dist. 300 adds high school math, science and languages coursesOct 22, 2012 10:42 pm - Community Unit District 300 will enhance the high school catalog in the 2013-2014 school year, adding math, computer science and language courses. In a report to the sch...
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U-46 teacher gets special recognition from Chicago BearsOct 22, 2012 2:18 pm - Gloria Helin goes the extra mile to make sure students in her fourth-grade dual language class at Channing Elementary School have everything they need to learn. Her col...
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Once a student, now one of Harper’s distinguished gradsOct 22, 2012 2:17 pm - Jim Inman heads up Elite Athletic Development, an Arlington Heights-based training facility he describes as his “dream turned into reality.” Part of its success lies in ...
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Geneva teachers seek 1 percent raise in salaryOct 22, 2012 10:37 am - The Geneva Education Association has proposed that the teachers receive a 1-percent raise in the 2012-13 salary schedule and a 1-percent raise in 2013-14, according to t...
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Award-winning Schaumburg teacher is 'the real deal'Oct 21, 2012 8:00 pm - For Brian Curtin, teaching provides its own reward. Still, the Schaumburg High School English teacher said it was a pleasant surprise when he was named the 2013 Teacher ...
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D214 eliminates information processing graduation requirementOct 20, 2012 8:00 am - Information processing, a technical computing class, will no longer be a graduation requirement at Northwest Suburban High School District 214, the board decided on Thur...