Articles filed under Education
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Contract issues in the Chicago teachers strikeSep 10, 2012 5:19 pm - As Chicago teachers walk the picket lines, their union and the city’s school district resumed negotiating Monday over a new contract that includes bigger salaries, more ...
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Northwest suburban teachers among teacher of year finalistsSep 10, 2012 5:18 pm - Two Northwest suburban teachers are among the nine finalists for the Illinois State Board of Education’s 2012-2013 Illinois Teacher of the Year award, which will be anno...
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Stevenson teacher among finalists for state’s bestSep 10, 2012 4:12 pm - Andrew Conneen, a political science teacher at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, is one of nine finalists for the 2012-13 Illinois Teacher of the Year, Ill...
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‘Gang Awareness for Social Service Providers’ offered Oct. 12Sep 10, 2012 2:48 pm - Shelter Inc. will host a three-hour seminar, “Gang Awareness Training for Social Service Providers,” on Friday, Oct. 12 at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 ...
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Highland Hounds devour books in summer reading challengeSep 10, 2012 12:01 pm - Flavia Birdsell wanted to prevent her three elementary-age sons from losing the reading skills they had spent the past school year developing. So, instead of spending th...
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Kids go fishing for the unusual in Fox RiverSep 10, 2012 11:50 am - Crayfish, blackstripe topminnows and bluegills. Oh, my! Those were just some of the 14 species of freshwater fish that children cataloged during a recent seining class w...
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Local WWII vet remembered for special diplomaSep 10, 2012 10:00 am - Buffalo Grove man dies at 86
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Thousands of teachers march downtownSep 10, 2012 8:17 am - Thousands of teachers, parents and supporters marched through downtown Chicago on the first day of a school strike. The crowd Monday afternoon stretched for several bloc...
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Chicago teachers strike will continue TuesdaySep 10, 2012 6:00 am - No school for 350,000 Chicago students
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Title IX compliance a result of lawsuit against Elgin U-46Sep 10, 2012 5:30 am - What began as one girl's desire to play football at Elgin High School some 11 years ago ultimately changed Elgin Area School District U-46 as well as the Upstate Eight C...