Articles filed under Education
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Prospect High students savor opportunities with Italian olive oil companyAug 21, 2016 7:00 am - Abby Grott didn't know much about olive oil before last week. Now the Prospect High School senior knows how to pour it, smell it and taste it. And Abby will know even mo...
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District 211 adopts new strategic planAug 21, 2016 1:00 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members have approved a new mission statement, value statements and strategic plan intended to guide their specific de...
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Can 'accelerated learning' help you land the next job? This CEO thinks soAug 20, 2016 7:11 am - Who's in charge of your education? Jake Schwartz would like to be in the vanguard. The 38-year-old graduate of Yale and Wharton is co-founder and chief executive officer...
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District 211 adopts tentative budgetAug 19, 2016 5:07 am - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board members Thursday voted 6-1 to adopt a tentative budget for the new school year that reflects both a $1.8 million reduc...
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District 41 at odds with some parents over approach to special needsAug 19, 2016 5:00 am - Janet Wagner wants her two children to go to college, to have friends, to thrive. She also wants their teachers to understand them. Both, who were adopted from Russia, ...
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District 50 appointmentAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - The Woodland Elementary District 50 school board on Thursday, Aug. 18, appointed Renea Amen of Gurnee to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Kellie Pappas, who ...
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Transgender student may soon access locker room at Hoffman Estates HighAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - A transgender student may soon have permission to access a gender-specific locker room at Hoffman Estates High School, just as another transgender student does at Fremd ...
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Oak Grove School students head back to class in Green OaksAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - On the heels of the fifth summer of Oak Grove School's $14.1 million remodeling project, students headed back to the classroom Friday in Green Oaks. More than 800 studen...
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District 94 students returning to updated math, science spacesAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - As students left West Chicago Community High School on May 25, they walked out of a science department designed and built in the 1960s. This September, they will return ...
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Meet Glen Ellyn District 89's new superintendentAug 19, 2016 1:00 am - Is the return to school a hectic time of year? It should be if you're scrambling to get school supplies or if you're a superintendent new to the job. But Emily Tammaru,...