Articles filed under Education
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District 300: Cheerleaders' skirts are too short for schoolSep 04, 2015 11:00 pm - Chearleaders can't wear uniforms in school on game days
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Dist. 211's new Higgins center will house most special ed classesSep 04, 2015 5:15 am - Members of the general public Thursday got their first look at a new facility housing nearly all of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's special education prog...
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Painter shows West Chicago students how to go from idea to canvasSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - As a child, Sergey Cherep faced several years of partial paralysis, a result of meningitis. The Russian-born painter lay in his bed most days, looking out the window at...
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Stevenson High report cards going digitalSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - Paper report cards are joining chalkboards, slide rules and inkwells as educational relics at Stevenson High School. Starting this fall, students at the Lincolnshire sch...
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Huntley school district, teachers reach tentative agreement on contractSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - The Huntley school district and its teachers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract after several mediation sessions, officials said Friday. Details will n...
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Barrington Dist. 220 inches toward more online learningSep 03, 2015 5:30 am - In the not-so-distant future, Barrington Area Unit School District 220 students might use their district-issued laptops and iPads to study at home instead of in classroo...
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Back to school takes on new meaning for Fox Lake-area studentsSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - Students in Fox Lake and Ingleside were back in class Thursday and trying to return to a sense of normalcy after two days of disruption, school officials said. Local sch...
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Barrington High janitors strike over, workers return TuesdaySep 03, 2015 1:00 am - Barrington High School janitors are ending their two-week strike over a recent wage cut and will return to work Tuesday after their employer offered to increase their pa...
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Janitors union, Dist. 220 at odds over whether contract can be renegotiatedSep 02, 2015 5:00 am - Around 25 custodians, union employees and supporters of the striking janitors at Barrington High School again called on the school district at a Tuesday night board meet...
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Editorial: Internet initiative a step to boost students in needSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - Can you imagine your child not having instant access to the Internet to do his or her homework today? It would be like trying to nail two boards together without using a...