Articles filed under Education
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ISU to consider 4.4 percent tuition increaseMay 09, 2012 3:56 pm - NORMAL, Ill. — Illinois State University’s Board of Trustees is set to consider a 4.4 percent increase for new in-state students this fall. The (Bloomington) Pantagraph ...
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Audit reveals big problems in College Illinois programMay 09, 2012 3:56 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois college-tuition investment program was beset by shoddy management, including possible conflicts of interest by top officials, as it went underf...
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Hoffman Estates teacher wins Golden Apple awardMay 09, 2012 3:43 pm - A Hoffman Estates teacher was surprised Wednesday morning with the Golden Apple Award, an honor recognizing teachers in the Chicago area for their outstanding work in ed...
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Fulbright grant goes to NIU seniorMay 09, 2012 3:33 pm - A Geneva woman has become the latest Northern Illinois University student to win a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant. Senior Nora Beresford Lindvall, the university’s to...
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Months late, District 128 pool repairs under wayMay 09, 2012 3:00 pm - Seven months after they were supposed to be completed, mandated safety-related improvements to the drain system at Libertyville High School's indoor swimming pool finall...
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Dist. 303 bringing special needs students back to traditional classesMay 09, 2012 1:01 pm - The hallways of St. Charles Unit District 303 schools will be filled with more special education students and teachers in coming years. District administrators announce...
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Hoffman Estates student named Presidential ScholarMay 09, 2012 11:41 am - Mengran “Meran” Liu, a senior at Hoffman Estates High School in Hoffman Estates, was one of two Illinois students named Presidential Scholars. She will be reco...
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School safety bill in limbo over privacy concernsMay 08, 2012 11:00 pm - School safety legislation arising from the 2008 stabbing of an Elgin High School teacher by a student has stalled in an Illinois Senate criminal law committee, and its s...
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Awards and accolades for ECC staff, studentsMay 08, 2012 11:10 am - Faculty and students at Elgin Community College have been raking in the hardware in the past few months. From students receiving valuable scholarships to faculty member...
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Schools wise to use social media — with limitsMay 08, 2012 5:00 am - We’ve used this space before to urge school districts to set policies regulating social media use between faculty and students. Such policies protect students from harm ...