Articles filed under Education
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Area schools ranked among best in state, nation by U.S. News & World ReportMay 10, 2012 12:00 pm - Several suburban high schools were recognized as being among the best in Illinois and across the nation in recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Topping the list...
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Report: Eighth-grade students still lag in scienceMay 10, 2012 10:00 am - ATLANTA — Eighth-graders in the U.S. are doing better in science than they were two years ago, but seven out of 10 still are not considered proficient, the federal gover...
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Chick hatching a tradition at Mundelein's FairhavenMay 10, 2012 8:00 am - It's been chick-hatching time in four first-grade classrooms at Fairhaven School in Mundelein, with the most recent batch of little ones recently breaking through their ...
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Pension funding debate plays into old city-suburb divisionsMay 10, 2012 5:30 am - SPRINGFIELD — For decades, reformers tried to raise income taxes and send more money from the state's wealthier taxpayers to Illinois' poorer schools to put education fu...
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COD board votes to impose contract on facultyMay 10, 2012 12:01 am - Board imposes contract on faculty
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Bartlett High student bakes cakes like a Food Network proMay 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Look - it's a chef's hat on top of a cutting board sitting on a pot placed on a briefcase. Wait, it's a cake! But ... is the knife real? It's easy to imagine that's w...
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400 attend Schaumburg meeting on teacher pensionsMay 09, 2012 9:00 pm - Current and retired teachers are very angry about threats to their retirement benefits, but the way most of them expressed themselves Wednesday at a meeting with officia...
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Timber Trails supporting literacy through sharingMay 09, 2012 6:32 pm - Looking for a place to donate those paperback books your children have outgrown, or the ones that are sitting on shelves now that your household has upgraded to an e-rea...
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SHS board special meetingMay 09, 2012 5:20 pm - The Stevenson High School board will hold a special, closed-door meeting Friday to discuss unspecified personnel and student-discipline issues. The session is set for 7 ...
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Round Lake High seniors celebrating the futureMay 09, 2012 5:09 pm - Round Lake Area Unit District 116 will again have a full-fledged celebration for students who are continuing their education in college or the military. It’s the th...