Articles filed under Education
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College planning events next week at Mundelein HighFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Mundelein High School's guidance department will host college planning programs Feb. 12 in Spanish and Feb. 13 in English, in the school's auditorium. Both events will ...
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Editorial: The need to train younger students to be smart digital citizensFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - Parents are probably not surprised to hear children spend 6.5 hours a day on screened devices. Heck, between computers and tablets, projector screens, TV screens for sho...
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Naperville summit teaches basics of online smarts, safetyFeb 05, 2019 12:00 am - A course on good citizenship took a digital turn Tuesday as the Naperville nonprofit organization KidsMatter hosted its first Digital Leader Summit for elementary-aged s...
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Elgin agency ending Imagination Library in JuneFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been changed to say United Way of Elgin officials declined to name the source of a $15,000 grant until the money has been received so t...
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Suburban teachers named Golden Apple finalistsFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - Several suburban high school teachers are finalists for the 2019 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching to be awarded this spring. Among 32 finalists out of more ...
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Libertyville High School marching band to play 2020 Outback BowlFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - Libertyville High School's marching band has been invited to play in college football's Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida, on New Year's Day 2020. The Marching Wildcats als...
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Learn about Native Americans in 19th-century Lake CountyFeb 04, 2019 12:00 am - "Homeschool Companion: Potawatomi Lifeways" for children ages 5-12 will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, at the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, 18...
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Code Ninjas aims to spark kids' interest in STEMFeb 03, 2019 10:00 pm - A new business where kids can learn to code while also having fun developing video games now is open along the Randall Road corridor. Code Ninjas opened this past fall a...
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Student Success coaches help people navigate collegeFeb 03, 2019 10:00 pm - Robin Nelson was 55 years old in 2016 when he decided it was time to go to college. He had had issues with various addictive substances in the past, but had been clean a...
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What industry has seen pay fall below average in the most states? Public schools.Feb 03, 2019 5:09 am - In a search for jobs that once paid well but have fallen below average in most states, we considered hundreds of industries. Public schools stood out. In the early 1990s...