Articles filed under Education
-
MCC's new science center now open for classesAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - McHenry County College students begin classes this week in the state-of-the-art Liebman Science Center now open for the fall semester. Nearly 200 people, including donor...
-
Waubonsee gears training to meet corporate needsAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - A recent report authored by the Institute for the Future (IFTF) notes that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven't been invented yet.1 Employment skills g...
-
Glen Ellyn District 89 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increaseAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - An earlier version of this report mistakenly referred to District 41. Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will ask voters in November to approve its first operating t...
-
St. James School opens with new technologyAug 20, 2018 11:00 pm - The 2018-2019 school year has taken off into the clouds with the launch of new technology tools at St. James School in Arlington Heights. All teachers, prekindergarten ...
-
Kaneland school board seeks replacement trusteeAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - The Kaneland school board is looking for a new board member since trustee Peter Lopatin has resigned. His last meeting was Aug. 13. Applications are due no later than 3 ...
-
District 200 will ask voters to replace Jefferson school after allAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - For the third time in five years, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 voters will decide the fate of a plan to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Center, but this t...
-
How a group of bikers put a bullied Streamwood teen on 'Cloud 9'Aug 20, 2018 1:00 am - The bullying got so bad for Megan Kuntz last year that she had to eat lunch in a school office to avoid classmates who took her food and threw it in the trash. It got so...
-
4 places to find last-minute college scholarshipsAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - Only a few weeks — or maybe even days — remain until college campuses reopen, but there may still be time to get a scholarship and reduce the amount of student loans you...
-
How Naperville college helps students become 'changemakers'Aug 18, 2018 1:00 am - Editor's note: Suburban Education Lab is an occasional series focusing on innovative programs at suburban schools, colleges and universities, often tackling common,...
-
Another sign of hard times for teachers? They make up nearly 10 percent of Airbnb hosts.Aug 18, 2018 1:00 am - Nearly 1 in 10 hosts who rent out their apartments, homes and spaces on Airbnb are teachers, according to a new survey by the company, another possible indicator of the ...