Articles filed under Education
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Physics teacher makes “inverted classroom” at HerseyMar 07, 2012 1:33 pm - Tom Davidsmeier, John Hersey High School physics teacher, decided to take advantage of today’s technology and reconstructed his junior honors physics class into what is ...
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Girls embrace science at Dist. 211’s conference just for themFeb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - More than 150 fifth- and sixth-grade girls from Districts 15 and 54 got their science on recently at the annual GEMS conference, held at James B. Conant High School. It ...
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Roosevelt pharmacy college expands facilityFeb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Roosevelt University’s new College of Pharmacy in Schaumburg celebrated a milestone Thursday when it took occupancy of a newly reconstructed wing of offices and a second...
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7 local schools meet federal standards after failingNov 01, 2011 12:00 am - As expectations continue to rise, it's not easy for schools to make “adequate yearly progress” as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act. To make AYP this year, 85 perc...
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Educators hope for break from No Child Left BehindOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Suburban educators say a more accurate system to gauge student progress is needed if Illinois receives relief from certain federal No Child Left Behind provisions, which...
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Report Cards: Lake Co. schools now labeled failuresOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Just seven months after receiving praise from the state and a national college organization for boosting academic rigor, four Lake County school districts are labeled fa...
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Jacobs makes big gains in mathOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - There's no secret formula to explain the success juniors at Jacobs High School in Algonquin achieved in a statewide mathematics assessment. The high school jumped 9.3 p...
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Report Cards: Wheeling High flourishing, but failingOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Despite national recognition for its efforts in science, technology, engineering and math, the highest average ACT college entrance exam score in school history and more...
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Report Cards: Richmond still failingOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Once again, Richmond Elementary School in St. Charles did not make “adequate yearly progress” in getting more students to meet or exceed state goals on standardized read...
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Report Cards: Lisle students make big stridesOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - There's no silver bullet. But a tougher curriculum, more help for struggling students and better preparation for testing may explain why Lisle Senior High School posted ...