Articles filed under Education
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Enrollment down at most state universitiesSep 13, 2012 4:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Enrollment is down this fall at most of Illinois’ public universities, and administrators and experts say the sluggish economy, rising tuition and dwindling ...
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Teacher contract talks continue in Districts 158, 300Sep 13, 2012 12:24 pm - Union representatives and school board members in Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300 and Huntley Unit District 158 say contract talks are progressing towa...
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Larkin High School celebrates its golden jubileeSep 13, 2012 10:52 am - The Queen of England celebrated her diamond jubilee — recognizing her 60th anniversary — earlier this year, and now some local Royals are preparing to usher in a 50th an...
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Talks to end strike make progressSep 13, 2012 7:26 am - The city’s public schools will stay closed for at least one more day, but leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the school district kept talking Thursday, with both ...
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Teachers strike will continue ThursdaySep 12, 2012 10:33 pm - Although talks continued late, Chicago Public Schools officials say schools will be closed a fourth day due to a teachers strike. School officials made the announcement ...
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Jackson: No urgency among strikers, school execsSep 12, 2012 6:44 pm - The Rev. Jesse Jackson met with both sides of the Chicago teachers strike and concluded a sense of urgency to settle the dispute does not exist among the negotiators as ...
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U of I says freshman class smaller but betterSep 12, 2012 5:16 pm - URBANA, Ill. — Freshmen enrollment is down slightly at the University of Illinois’ campus in Urbana-Champaign, but the administration says the incoming students have hig...
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Enrollment down at NIU, but freshman class growsSep 12, 2012 5:14 pm - Northern Illinois University says fall enrollment is down by almost 5 percent but its incoming freshman class is larger than last year’s. The university said Wednesday t...
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Chicago teachers union president is brash advocateSep 12, 2012 5:13 pm - She’s brash and blunt, the tough-talking union leader who has taken on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a bitter contract dispute regarded as a referendum on the future of ...
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Emanuel: Students must be in class during negotiationsSep 12, 2012 2:02 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants contract negotiations with teachers to continue with students in class. He spoke to reporters Wednesday as teachers in the nation’s thir...