Articles filed under Education
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How suburban schools are preparing for the coronavirusFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Cleaning classrooms and monitoring student attendance and sickness are among the precautions suburban school districts and preschools are taking to prepare for a potenti...
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Harper named a Leader College of DistinctionFeb 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Harper College has earned Achieving the Dream's Leader College of Distinction status for achieving new, higher student outcomes and narrowing equity gaps. Achieving the ...
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Measure would require disclosure about pavement sealantFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Certain chemicals that are commonly used as sealants on asphalt driveways, parking lots and playgrounds could soon come under state regulation over concern...
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College grant program has seen 'an erosion of purchasing power'Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state commission that oversees higher education grants for low-income students detailed the diminishing buying power of state financial aid Thursday du...
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Little Friends selling Naperville land, but historic mansion's future unknownFeb 26, 2020 4:30 am - Students at the schools operated by the disability services agency Little Friends are set to finish this year in Naperville and start the next in Warrenville. The nonpr...
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Universities want bigger funding increases than Pritzker has proposedFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Public universities in Illinois began making their case Wednesday for state funding increases larger than those that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed...
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Lawmakers announce bill mandating sex education for all K-12 studentsFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois public and charter schools would be mandated to teach students from kindergarten through 12th grade "inclusive, medically accurate, and culturally...
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U-46 wants to create a method to audit its early learner programsFeb 25, 2020 4:33 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are planning to evaluate the district's early learner programs for the 2020-21 school year. A lot of school districts are looki...
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Backers say the time is right for $147M Barrington 220 referendumFeb 24, 2020 4:30 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 will seek voter approval next month to borrow $147 million for building projects, including safety and security upgrades at all its sch...
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What small Queen Bee School District did to produce eye-catching results on state examsFeb 24, 2020 4:30 am - Queen Bee School District 16 has been around for 160 years, about a century longer than the village of Glendale Heights, where it's based. For much of its history, some ...