Articles filed under Education
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District 220 board solicits advice from former membersMay 30, 2012 12:10 am - Elected boards normally acquire no more institutional memory than voters and term limits — whether legislated or self-imposed — allow them. But Barrington Unit District ...
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District 211 approves raises for nonunion personnel in 4-2 voteMay 30, 2012 12:00 am - For administrators and nonunion workers only
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Students at Crone Middle School get hands-on lessons about the Middle AgesMay 29, 2012 12:00 pm - Plastic golf balls were flying across the lawn outside Crone Middle School in Naperville recently when students were transported to the Middle Ages. The school's tradit...
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Local schools the sticking point in pension debateMay 29, 2012 9:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — After months of discussion and speculation, a written plan emerged Tuesday to transfer millions of dollars in retirement costs to suburban schools and cut ...
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GOP ties Obama to N.H. student debt, ignores originsMay 28, 2012 8:45 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire isn’t just first in the nation when it comes to hosting presidential primaries. It also ranks first in student-loan debt, and now the winne...
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District 214 to test iPads at Vanguard SchoolMay 28, 2012 6:55 pm - As Northwest Suburban High School District 214 works on a plan for each of its 12,000 students to have an iPad in the future, students and staff at Vanguard Alternative ...
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Experts: Remedial college classes need fixingMay 28, 2012 6:41 pm - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Each year, an estimated 1.7 million U.S. college students are steered to remedial classes to catch them up and prepare them for regular coursework....
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Images: Neuqua Valley High School graduationMay 27, 2012 9:35 pm - ...
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Images: Metea Valley High SchoolMay 27, 2012 7:57 pm - ...
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Images: St. Charles North High School graduationMay 27, 2012 7:03 pm - ...