Articles filed under Education
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CLC to receive second $100,000 grant from Metallica's foundationFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - The College of Lake County has again received a $100,000 grant from the heavy metal band Metallica as part of the band's All Within My Hands Foundation grant. CLC is one...
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Why Golden Apple is offering 50 students a full ride to earn a teaching certificateFeb 11, 2020 4:30 am - Barbara Cataldo felt her "heart wasn't being fulfilled" working in the business world. The Naperville resident switched careers, earned a master's degree and became a t...
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District 300 board hears from parents upset over changes to dual language programFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Dozens of parents and children packed the Community Unit District 300 school board meeting Tuesday night to weigh in on proposed changes to a dual language program. A gr...
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Parents voice concerns over District 300 dual language program changesFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Proposed changes to a dual language program at a Carpentersville elementary school has some parents up in arms. Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 wants to cons...
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Principal to move from Des Plaines junior high to Mount Prospect elementary schoolFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - The new principal of Friendship Junior High School in Des Plaines will leave at the end of the school year to become principal at Indian Grove Elementary School in Mount...
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'Band nerd for life': How Batavia teacher's lessons use 'Old Town Road,' basketballFeb 10, 2020 5:00 am - On a Wednesday morning before school, Lisa Hatfield stands in front of her fifth-grade band ensemble and leads the roughly 90 students in rehearsing the song “Old Town R...
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Tips from a top teacher: Lisa Hatfield, Batavia Unit District 101Feb 10, 2020 5:00 am - Lisa Hatfield's energy and passion for music is contagious throughout Batavia Unit District 101, parents and colleagues say. In her eighth year teaching fifth-grade band...
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Northern Illinois Newspaper Association seeks 2020 High School Journalist of the YearFeb 09, 2020 10:00 pm - The Northern Illinois Newspaper Association will award a $1,000 scholarship this spring to the high school senior picked by the association as the 2020 Northern Illinois...
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Study: Community college students could be charged more for loansFeb 09, 2020 5:13 am - Two college students. Same credit profile. Same $10,000 loan. Same bank. The only difference is one attends a community college, while the other is enrolled at a four-ye...
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Elgin High School students, teachers create webinars on biodiversityFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - Years before Greta Thunberg brought the perils of our planet more clearly onto a global stage, a group of Elgin High School students was doing their part to create aware...