Articles filed under Education
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New state law expands access to family leaveAug 10, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A new law in Illinois will make it easier for part-time school and college employees to receive paid family and medical leave. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a ...
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Dist. 211 superintendent hails return of in-person learning as her second year beginsAug 09, 2021 5:30 am - Lisa Small starts her second school year as superintendent of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 this week, but in several ways it might feel more like a first...
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New Hersey principal named two days before start of school yearAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - A new principal was announced for John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights Monday, just two days before the start of the school year. Keir Rogers, the current princi...
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District 203 teachers announce plan to strikeAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - With less than two weeks before the start of the school year, Naperville Unit District 203's teachers union has filed an intent to strike notice with the Illinois Educat...
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MCC's child care center accepting registration for fallAug 09, 2021 1:00 am - The Children's Learning Center at McHenry County College has opened registration for a variety of programs this fall semester, which begins Aug. 16. The Center offers c...
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Why Thomas Jefferson's name was removed from suburban school buildingAug 07, 2021 1:00 am - Waukegan school takes civil rights icon's name. Will others change, too?
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How will Pritzker's mask mandate be enforced? State, educators say they've got it coveredAug 06, 2021 5:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's face mask mandate in all schools to curb the spread of COVID-19 was definitive, but with not all parents or every educator on board, it raises quest...
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Pause on student loan payments extended through JanuaryAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - The Biden administration on Friday announced that federal student loan payments will remain suspended through January 2022, extending a pause that began at the start of ...
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Schaumburg High School marching band parades through neighborhoodAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Members of Schaumburg High School's marching band paraded through the school's neighborhood in their section colors Friday afternoon as part of their summer band camp. T...
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MCC's new agriculture program has successful first yearAug 05, 2021 11:00 pm - McHenry County College is getting ready to welcome a new crop of Entrepreneurial Agriculture students this fall. The program, which trained its first group of students ...