Articles filed under Education
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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...
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Title IX: Local high schools work to bridge achievement gapSep 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Barrington High School junior Karen Rojas isn't yet sure what she wants to pursue as a career, but it likely will have something to do with math or science. That's why t...
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Safety conference at Sears CentreSep 09, 2012 1:00 pm - The Illinois State Board of Education, the Archdiocese of Chicago Office of Catholic Schools, RETA Security, the Illinois Terrorism Task Force, East Aurora School Distri...
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Dist. 50 special ed meetingSep 09, 2012 11:40 am - Woodland Elementary District 50 will host a meeting on Sept. 25 about the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who att...
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Mulder established girls teams with help from menSep 09, 2012 8:00 am - Editor’s note: While Arlene Mulder coached the first girls basketball team at Niles West High School after the signing of Title IX in 1972, two other coaches had led gir...