Articles filed under Education
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The cost to educate kids in the Northwest suburbs varies greatly by schoolOct 30, 2019 12:00 pm - In the case of Illinois' second-largest elementary district with about 12,000 Northwest suburban students, the school with the biggest per-pupil expenditures has the mos...
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Which DuPage County schools spend the most per studentOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Comparing two sister schools in Glen Ellyn shows why new spending data in the 2019 Illinois Report Card should come with an asterisk. Glenbard South High School spe...
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Chicago teachers OK tentative deal, but strike goes onOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago's teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials Wednesday but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes...
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Students petition for holiday after Halloween; U-46 CEO sugarcoats his replyOct 29, 2019 1:00 am - Several suburban school districts are among those targeted by a nationwide wave of largely tongue-in-cheek petitions on change.org to have classes canceled the day after...
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Health program gives Gurnee students reason to smileOct 28, 2019 1:00 am - There were plenty of smiles Monday at River Trail School in Gurnee, where students got a special visit from Tooth Wizard and PlaqueMan during a program on oral health. ...
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Teachers, staff members rally as strike looms in Grayslake District 46Oct 28, 2019 1:00 am - Accompanied by the honking horns of passersby, Grayslake Elementary District 46 teachers and support staff members rallied outside Frederick School on Monday to demonstr...
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Students learn life skills in robot competition at Mundelein High SchoolOct 26, 2019 1:00 am - Danielle Horner was up past midnight engineering a secret weapon for her Lake Park High School team members before the VEX Robotics Competition early Saturday morning at...
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Enrollment freeze lifted at two special education district schools in Lake CountyOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - The Special Education District of Lake County has lifted enrollment limits at two schools after freezing student levels last month because of staffing shortages. The dis...
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Former employee accused of injuring special needs students at Lake County schoolOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - A former paraprofessional who worked with special needs students at Gages Lake School is accused of using excessive force on them, authorities said. Nicholas Izquierdo, ...
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District 211's superintendent choice follows history of developing leaders from withinOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members' nationwide search for their next superintendent led them back to the end of the meeting table where they them...