Articles filed under Education
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Grayslake Greenery Garden Club offers scholarshipMar 15, 2012 8:30 am - The Grayslake Greenery Garden Club is committed to encouraging interest in all phases of home gardening, promoting civic beautification, and promoting conservation of na...
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Buffalo Grove HS to be honored by the American School Counselor AssociationMar 14, 2012 2:06 pm - Buffalo Grove High School will receive the Recognized ASCA Model Program designation from the American School Counselor Association during a special ceremony at the ASCA...
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Kudos to Harper for special needs enrichment classesMar 12, 2012 5:00 am - My job, as a father of a son with autism, is to advocate for him and all special needs young adults, who after high school either graduate or stay in a high school adult...
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Enhance your WCC education with extracurricularsMar 08, 2012 1:55 pm - By Dr. Christine Sobek Daily Herald correspondent Those unfamiliar with community colleges are often surprised when they learn about the diverse extracurricular activit...
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Wheeling H.S. teacher earns NASA honorMar 08, 2012 1:52 pm - Lisa del Muro, science teacher at Wheeling High School, has been awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which provides li...
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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...