Articles filed under Education
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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...
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Ethics courses fall short in business schoolsSep 09, 2012 7:12 am - A few years ago, Israeli game theorist Ariel Rubinstein got the idea of examining how the tools of economic science affected the judgment and empathy of his undergraduat...
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Should you pay off your student loans quickly?Sep 09, 2012 6:12 am - Feeling trapped under a mountain of student loan debt? Joe Mihalic did. So a year ago, the 29-year old Harvard Business School graduate aimed to wipe out his $90,000 deb...
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Prospect's Walker helped girls sports hit the ground runningSep 08, 2012 11:00 pm - When Jean Walker began teaching at Prospect High School in 1972, boys interscholastic sports were flourishing. On the other hand, the girls were only participating in t...
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Title IX moves beyond sports to 'new frontier' of STEMSep 08, 2012 11:00 pm - No one can dispute the opportunities Title IX has created for girls to play sports. One often-cited statistic proves the point: The number of girls who play high school ...
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D118 special ed meeting:Sep 07, 2012 4:43 pm - Wauconda Unit District 118 will host a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 11, to discuss plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who live within...
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E. Michigan brings back Indian logo despite criticismSep 07, 2012 4:39 pm - YPSILANTI, Mich. — When the Eastern Michigan University football team takes the field for its home opener this weekend, members of the school marching band will be sport...
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ComEd CEO: Women are gaining momentumSep 07, 2012 2:27 pm - When Anne Pramaggiore was named the CEO of ComEd earlier this year, she became the first woman to hold both the title of president and chief executive officer at the ene...
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Community invited to help Dist. 59 find new superintendentSep 07, 2012 2:09 pm - With the approaching retirement of Superintendent Daniel Schweers, the District 59 board of education has begun the search for a new superintendent. Community members ar...