Articles filed under Education
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Batavia, Huntley schools' music programs receive national recognitionApr 05, 2016 5:55 am - Batavia Public School District 101 and Marlowe Middle School in Lake in the Hills recently were recognized for their efforts toward providing music access and education ...
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Batavia High students to pitch business ideas at 'Shark Tank'-style eventApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - Batavia High School juniors and seniors will pitch business ideas during a "Shark Tank"-style competition May 6 at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre. This is the first year ...
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Newest school plan wouldn't cut suburbs' funds immediatelyApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - The latest push to change how the state pays for schools would keep some of the suburbs' wealthier districts from losing money in the first year and phase in a potential...
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Constable: College tours great but no cause for angstApr 04, 2016 11:00 pm - During our spring-break pilgrimage across 1,413 miles, five states and six college campuses, my wife, Cheryl, and I get schooled by our son in how to tell whether the mu...
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Enrollment in MCC dual-credit courses explodesApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - McHenry County College is seeing an explosion in enrollment growth for dual-credit courses - a 61 percent increase in two years, from 916 in 2014 to 1,475 in 2016. The ...
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Barrington 220 to address concerns about blended learningApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - Ten Barrington High School teachers have volunteered to implement elements of blended learning - in which some classwork is completed on district-issued laptops online a...
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More District 211 students taking dual-credit coursesApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - More Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students are recognizing the benefits of taking dual-credit courses, which allow students to earn college credit and ga...
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Governor takes part in school's first career dayApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner addressed students Monday at a packed Norris Cultural Arts Center as St. Charles East High School held its inaugural career day. Rauner spoke mostly ab...
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Elgin Area U-46 launches mobile appApr 04, 2016 1:00 am - Parents and students of Elgin area schools now can download a smartphone app to access information, including school lunch menus, district news, and email addresses for ...
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Rounding out pi is OK for calculating approximationsApr 03, 2016 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "If pi is infinite, how come we can use it in math problems?" asked a student in Gregg Thompson's sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle ...