Articles filed under Education
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Waubonsee tuition going up 5.7 percent in fallFeb 19, 2015 12:00 am - Waubonsee Community College students will pay 5.7 percent more for tuition for credit classes this fall. The college's board of trustees raised the fee $6 per hour, to $...
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Golden Corridor Partnership recognized as 'Bright Idea'Feb 19, 2015 12:00 am - The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University has recognized the efforts of the Golden Co...
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Students learn making movies starts with having a storyFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - You wanted to know "How do people create movies?" asked Elise Diaz's fifth-grade students at Prairie Trail School in Wadsworth. Every movie starts with a story. Movie s...
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Constable: 70 years to earn college degreeFeb 15, 2015 7:00 am - All this fuss for a guy starting college in 1944 and earning his degree 70 years later is undeserved, insists World War II veteran and recent college graduate Chris Kall...
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CLC up for excellence awardFeb 15, 2015 12:00 am - College of Lake County is a finalist for a national excellence award. American Association of Community Colleges has announced CLC remains in the running in a program re...
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Oakton offers girls-only robotic workshopsFeb 15, 2015 12:00 am - Girls aged 8 and older are encouraged to learn the basics of building and programming robots by enrolling in special Saturday workshops in Des Plaines. Attendees will wo...
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Colleges bringing in atheist chaplainsFeb 14, 2015 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - When Bart Campolo broke with the church almost five years ago, he immediately began to feel something missing. It wasn't so much that the pastor's son no ...
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Libertyville schools get a jump on celebrating Valentine's DayFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - Valentine's Day falls on Saturday this year, but that didn't stop schools in Libertyville Elementary District 70 from continuing their tradition of Friday-afternoon part...
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Warren Twp. board's Biondi: Don't harass me to resign after gay remarkFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - Warren Township High School board member Liz Biondi says she's not quitting and doesn't want to be harassed during public comment time at meetings. Biondi reacted during...
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Science for 'girly-girls' — new NIU program hits NapervilleFeb 12, 2015 4:30 am - Some girls like STEM. They build robots and mix it up with the boys. They choose a STEM major and become engineers. STEM — the acronym for science, technology, enginee...