Articles filed under Education
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Moms group to discuss organic, local food in schoolsOct 03, 2012 1:31 pm - A group of moms from the Northwest suburbs are trying to get healthier, organic and locally-grown food into school cafeterias and they’ll be spreading the word with a pa...
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Sunset Foods, District 70 partnership nets cash for schoolsOct 03, 2012 1:08 pm - A partnership between Libertyville Elementary District 70 and Sunset Foods in Libertyville has brought an additional $1,257 into the schools as customers shopped with re...
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Mundelein High band member raising money to play in Rose ParadeOct 03, 2012 5:30 am - A Mundelein High School senior has been selected to perform in the Rose Parade on New Year's Day. Now clarinetist Donald Renz will try to raise the money to cover the co...
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Teachers go on strike in Evergreen ParkOct 02, 2012 6:11 pm - Teachers in South suburban Evergreen Park are on the picket line. The teachers in Evergreen Park District 124 walked off the job after contract talks broke down late Mon...
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Fitch downgrades Chicago Board of Education bond ratingOct 02, 2012 6:09 pm - A second major bond-rating agency has downgraded Chicago Board of Education debt following last month’s Chicago Teachers Union strike. Fitch Ratings changed the rating f...
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Grinding ban not hurting Lake Zurich High School homecoming dance ticket salesOct 02, 2012 6:00 pm - Ticket sales for Saturday’s homecoming dance appear unaffected by a recent letter from Lake Zurich High School administrators stating that sexually suggestive moves by s...
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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...