Articles filed under Education
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Dist. 70 students will be back in classrooms full time starting April 12Feb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Kindergarten through fifth-graders in Libertyville Elementary District 70 will return to a full-day classroom schedule beginning April 12. The same option won't immediat...
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State announces new federal funding to feed low-income studentsFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday announced new federal funding to expand the state's food assistance program for school-age children who would normally receiv...
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ECC offers convenient courses for teachersFeb 21, 2021 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College's Department of Continuing Education has partnered with VESi (Virtual Education Software) to offer online continuing education courses for K-12 e...
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How educators can help mitigate 'impostor syndrome' in Black college studentsFeb 21, 2021 10:00 pm - As a sociology instructor, my job is to educate my students on the science of understanding society and social forces that affect them. Every day, students encounter (ei...
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Vernon Hills first graders work on basic writing skills for Valentine's Day projectFeb 19, 2021 5:00 am - Valentine's Day was much more than flowers and chocolates for a group of students at Aspen Elementary school. Around 55 first grade students at the Hawthorn District 73...
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Full in-person learning by Biden's 100th day? School leaders call it a lofty goalFeb 19, 2021 4:30 am - Getting students back into schools for full-time instruction is an ambitious goal school administrators have been struggling with since the start of the pandemic. Severa...
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Woodland District 50 to return to partial in-person learning on March 1Feb 19, 2021 12:00 am - Students in Gurnee-based Woodland Elementary School District 50 will return to in-person learning starting March 1. Under the model adopted by the school district Thursd...
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Proposals sought for Sustainable Design ChallengeFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - DuPage County and SCARCE are accepting project proposals from local high school students for the 15th annual Sustainable Design Challenge. The Sustainable Design Challen...
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Why isn't Dist. 21 fully in-person? Officials point to distancing, class sizesFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - While other Northwest suburban school districts have returned to full-time in-person learning, Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials said this week they can...
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District 300 looking to expand in-person learning in MarchFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - With 80% of Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300's staff on track to have received both COVID-19 vaccine doses by March 15, the 20,000-student district is looking...