Articles filed under Education
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U-46 won't bring youngest students back next weekOct 22, 2020 1:00 am - "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry." Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Tony Sanders used that quote from Scottish poet Robert Burns to lead ...
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Libertyville, Vernon Hills, Barrington-area school districts pause hybrid learning plansOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - Many school districts in Lake County's borders, including large ones based in Libertyville and Barrington, are pausing ongoing hybrid learning models or holding off on p...
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Northbrook Junior High drama teacher receives state honorOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - At the end of the hall in a classroom behind the stage, Northbrook Junior High Drama Teacher David Downing encourages students to concentrate, and rehearse, rehearse, re...
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Schools should end in-person learning, Lake County Health Department recommendsOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Citing "substantial" community transmission of COVID-19 and a rising number of cases, Lake County health officials Tuesday recommended that all public and private school...
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District 158's updated hybrid plan comes as district reports 16 cases over two weeksOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Huntley School District 158 announced a new hybrid learning plan Friday that will be available to students in grades 6 through 12 beginning Nov. 2. The announcement, whi...
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Taking an 'adaptive pause': How Naperville District 203 is responding to rising COVID-19 casesOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - For months, Superintendent Dan Bridges has been stressing the need for flexibility in the "Return to Learn" plan implemented by Naperville Unit District 203. Being able...
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Spring break canceled, spring semester delayed at University of IllinoisOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced this week it will cancel spring break while delaying the start of the spring semester next year due to COVID-19....
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Harper Promise free tuition program faces changes to keep it sustainableOct 19, 2020 5:30 am - With more and more students signing up for Harper College's Promise Scholarship, the program that guarantees free tuition for good grades, attendance and community servi...
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Naperville D203, Elmhurst 205 going all-remote amid virus spread; U-46, others stand patOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - At least two major school districts are reverting to or extending fully remote learning in response to rising COVID-19 case rates in DuPage County, while several others ...
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COVID-19 cases force Prairie Ridge to return to remote learningOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake will close Tuesday due to a number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. McHenry County Department of Health notified the high school o...