Articles filed under Education
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More public schools splitting up boys, girlsJul 08, 2012 1:28 pm - MIDDLETON, Idaho — Robin Gilbert didn’t set out to confront gender stereotypes when she split up the boys and girls at her elementary school in rural southwestern Idaho....
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Lake Zurich teacher publishes book written in the point of view of a special needs childJul 07, 2012 8:00 am - What The special education teacher at Isaac Fox School in Lake Zurich and author of #147;A Special Friend#148;, said she wrote the book with the intent to spark a co...
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District 128 offering first online courses to summer-school studentsJul 05, 2012 5:30 am - A pair of computer-based English classes offered this summer at Vernon Hills High School mark District 128’s first foray into the expanding world of online education. Tw...
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Swanson retires at District 50Jul 04, 2012 6:02 pm - One of Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary District 50’s top administrators, Anne Swanson, has retired. Swanson spent the last 12 of her 20 years in education at Woodland. ...
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Departing Dist. 13 head credits community for school successJul 04, 2012 12:12 pm - After nine years in different administrative roles in St. Charles Unit District 303, Kim Perkins knew he was ready to lead a school system as a superintendent. And as Pe...
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Former Hogan chief of staff leaves U of IJul 03, 2012 5:07 pm - CHAMPAIGN — The woman who served as former University of Illinois President Michael Hogan’s chief of staff has agreed to resign from a faculty job and will be paid $175,...
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Gurnee-area schools trying to eliminate need for student taxi ridesJul 03, 2012 1:00 pm - Three school districts serving the Gurnee area intend to replace or supplement the current use of private taxis for students who require special-needs transportation. Wo...
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Editorial: Shine a light on school chief searchesJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - Susan Hill has the right idea. So does Connie McElyea. And we’d like to see their suburban counterparts follow their lead. Hill is the board president of the Burlington ...
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Warren superintendent choice gets $250,000 to quitJul 02, 2012 11:00 pm - Warren Township High, would-be superintendent agree on severance
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New president takes over at University of IllinoisJul 02, 2012 5:21 pm - URBANA — New University of Illinois President Robert Easter shares one key challenge with two presidents before him: balancing the problem of dwindling state support wit...