Articles filed under Education
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50th reunion party for Head StartJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - Community Action Partnership of Lake County will host a Head Start program 50th year reunion block party from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at its central office, 12...
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Barrington 220 takes aim at truancy, frequent absencesJun 17, 2015 1:00 am - Hoping to reduce student absences and prevent chronic truancy before it starts, Barrington Area Unit District 220 is adding a new computer software program to track atte...
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Long Grove woman tells of life-altering trip to Israel with college groupJun 16, 2015 11:00 am - For Long Grove resident Becky Savitt, a Stevenson High School and University of Illinois grad, a Birthright trip to Israel the summer of 2013 when she was 20 was a life-...
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Officials celebrate Round Lake High expansionJun 16, 2015 1:00 am - Round Lake Area School District 116 officials and community leaders didn't let torrential rains keep them from celebrating the start of a $29 million expansion and renov...
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U-46 board OKs 900 iPads for PARCC prepJun 15, 2015 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 students in kindergarten through second-grade classrooms will have new iPads this fall. The U-46 school board Monday night authorized spe...
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Penn State's Spanier got $2.3 million in compensationJun 14, 2015 7:39 am - Pennsylvania State University's former president Graham Spanier received $2.3 million in compensation last year, more than any leader of a public university, a Chronicle...
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NIU, 5 community colleges launch dual business degreeJun 12, 2015 1:00 am - Northern Illinois University and five community colleges announced Friday a new program designed to help working students with families earn a business degree closer to ...
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In Grayslake District 46 suicide prevention program, kids help each otherJun 12, 2015 1:00 am - Grayslake Middle School's psychologist says a suicide prevention program launched in the just-concluded academic year accomplished more than expected. "The program has d...
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Lake Zurich teen gets makeup graduation ceremonyJun 10, 2015 5:30 am - Lake Zurich High School's administrators saw to it that illness would not keep Erin Adams from receiving her diploma just like other seniors did in a field house ceremon...
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Oak Grove students celebrate last dayJun 10, 2015 1:00 am - Instead of taking a test or writing an essay, Oak Grove School students spent the last day of academic year playing games and having fun. As part of the Green Oak's scho...