Articles filed under Education
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Home for the High Holidays? Not for college students this yearSep 16, 2012 8:00 am - The Jewish High Holidays won’t be the same this year for Rachel Cohen. The Stevenson High School graduate from Buffalo Grove will spend her first Rosh Hashana away from ...
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Round Lake-area District 116 health clinic plan drawing objectionsSep 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Opponents say taxpayers would be on hook; official say it would aid low-income families
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Kaneland, Batavia schools must offer attendance choiceSep 15, 2012 11:00 pm - Two more local schools are giving their students the option of attending other schools this fall. Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School in Elburn and Rotolo Middle Sch...
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District 73 hosts info sessions for parentsSep 14, 2012 4:28 pm - Hawthorn District 73 in Vernon Hills is offering Parent University in a new format. Information sessions will highlight specific areas of interest beginning with how sch...
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Valpo issues warning after finding vague threatSep 14, 2012 3:54 pm - VALPARAISO, Ind. — Valparaiso University in Indiana has increased security and warned students via Twitter and email after receiving a vague threat through some graffiti...
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U of I trustees approve $5.4B budget for 3 campusesSep 14, 2012 3:53 pm - URBANA — Trustees at the University of Illinois have approved a $5.4 billion operating budget that includes less money from the state but increases day-to-day spending b...
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Arlington Hts. bookmobile more than mobile librarySep 14, 2012 2:00 pm - When Harold Goldstein of the University of Illinois wrote in 1961 that bookmobiles could be “no more than an ancillary arm of the main institutions, serving as long as b...
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Teachers, union close to settling strikeSep 14, 2012 2:00 pm - The city's nearly weeklong teachers strike appeared headed toward a resolution Friday after negotiators emerged from marathon talks to say they had achieved a "framework...
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Investigation continues after Carpentersville lockdownSep 14, 2012 12:00 pm - A suspect fled from police in Carpentersville Friday morning, forcing three local schools to go into a soft lockdown for about 40 minutes. Community Unit District 300 As...
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Latino Heritage Month kicks off at MCCSep 14, 2012 5:00 am - Starting next week, McHenry County College will celebrate Latino Heritage Month with an array of cultural events and — for the second time — a day specifically aimed at ...