Articles filed under Education
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How community colleges are supporting low-income black, Latino studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Growing up in the Northwest suburbs, Daliyah Sanders often felt isolated from her peers as the only black student in her class practically from kindergarten through high...
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Rising tuition putting college out of reach for low-income, minority studentsJan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Rising tuition and reduced state funding have put college out of reach for low-income students, experts say. The impact is being felt most acutely by black students, wh...
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Suburban high school students showing strong interest in career and technical educationDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Stevenson High School senior Gavin Meng and his classmates hatched a plan for their lemonade stand to outsell the competition just before winter break. Meng's team at th...
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District 155 creates learning kitchen at Cary-GroveDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Cary-Grove High School students are exploring career options in the culinary industry through a new learning kitchen that debuted this school year. Crystal Lake High Sch...
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Songs and coloring books, newsletters and alerts all part of census pushDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 officials are working on an employee and parent awareness campaign about the 2020 Census. The district has developed a "tool kit" for adm...
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How schools are working to count every child in the 2020 censusDec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Nearly 1 million children younger than 5 in the United States were not counted during the 2010 Census, officials say. The error - attributed to inaccurate reporting by ...
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New Noggin Builders escape room aimed at kidsDec 25, 2019 10:00 pm - If creative problem solving and critical thinking are keys to the future success of our children and to the creation of a better world, then kids experiencing Noggin Bui...
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How you can win chance to take College of Lake County course for $21Dec 23, 2019 12:00 am - Want to take a college course for $21? The College of Lake County in Grayslake is offering select students a chance to take a three credit-hour course this spring for on...
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Two French women open school to teach their language in NapervilleDec 19, 2019 12:00 am - Laure Imbert moved to Naperville on March 20 and one month later, she was on her way to giving the area something it didn't have: a French language school. Ecole Franca...
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St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could close amid enrollment, funding shortfallsDec 18, 2019 4:30 am - A dozen years after receiving a national award for educational excellence, St. Colette Catholic School in Rolling Meadows could be ordered by the Archdiocese of Chicago ...