Articles filed under Education
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Chicago teachers voting on contractOct 02, 2012 7:02 am - Members of the Chicago Teachers Union are voting on a proposed contract reached after a seven-day strike last month. Teachers at more than 600 schools around the city st...
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Feed your kids; make them sleepOct 02, 2012 4:40 am - An eighth-grader stays up until 2 a.m. every night playing video games. Mom works third shift; she’s not home to send him to bed at a decent hour. He gets up 20 minutes ...
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Troubled college savings program resumes businessOct 01, 2012 4:09 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A troubled Illinois college savings program is back in business with new management and new rules. College Illinois lets parents lock in a price for th...
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University of Chicago to get rid of swimming requirementOct 01, 2012 4:09 pm - Students in the Class of 2016 at the University of Chicago won’t have to prove that they know how to swim. For almost 60 years, U of C students had to pass a swim test o...
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U-46 OKs contracts with two more unionsOct 01, 2012 4:03 pm - Secretaries and custodial staff in Elgin Area School District U-46 have a new contract after the longest negotiations in the district’s history. The U-46 school board o...
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Mt. Prospect woman's retires from 'grandmother' role at day care centerOct 01, 2012 11:00 am - Marie Handley started her day last Wednesday the way she has for 26 years: eating breakfast with more than a dozen toddlers, seated in booster seats around her. On Thurs...
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Dist. 303 survey: 52% of students feel school connectionOct 01, 2012 5:30 am - A new St. Charles Unit District 303 survey shows 48 percent of students do not have a strong feeling of belonging in the schools they attend. But the results aren't rai...
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Elk Grove celebrates building characterSep 28, 2012 6:09 pm - The Community Character Coalition of Elk Grove held its fourth annual Celebration of Character Sept. 21 at the Elk Grove Pavilion, 1000 Wellington Avenue, Elk Grove Vill...
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Scalia dedicates courtroom in honor of GoldbergSep 28, 2012 3:53 pm - It was an odd choice to bring in Antonin Scalia, one of U.S. Supreme Court’s most conservative justices, to help dedicate a courtroom to a decidedly liberal justice who ...
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D128 offers community classes this fallSep 28, 2012 10:04 am - The Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 community education catalogs for the fall have been mailed and registration is in progress. You can visit the...