Articles filed under Education
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Suburban colleges offer unique coursesJan 01, 2015 6:30 am - There are no grades, no boring lectures, no buttoned-up professor. Meet the noncredit class at suburban community colleges. Here, students of all ages learn about their ...
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How are your schools are performing? The Daily Herald helps you find outJan 01, 2015 6:30 am - For those of us living in the suburbs, there may be no more important local issue than the quality of our schools. After all, good schools for our children is why many o...
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In 2015, Illinois to confront daunting issues, divisionsDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - Keeping schools and social services funded. Making higher education more affordable. Addressing crowded prisons. Possibly redoing pension reform. As it enters 2015, Ill...
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Most college students have no idea how much they're paying for schoolDec 28, 2014 6:33 am - WASHINGTON - A majority of first-year undergraduates can't correctly estimate how much student loan debt they're taking on. More surprising, among college freshmen who h...
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'Failing' label gone, school improvement work continuesDec 27, 2014 6:45 am - No matter how long a school had been deemed "failing" under the No Child Left Behind education act of 2001, it has shed that label now. Along with losing the stigma, sch...
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Editorial: Make it a real winter break for teensDec 26, 2014 4:01 am - Winter break is half over. What have the teenagers you know been up to? Basking in some R&R after a long fall semester and stressful finals week? Not if they live in Sc...
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Purdue Extension conference to help small farmsDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue Extension will hold a three-day conference in March to provide information aimed at helping owners of small farms to better manage their op...
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Purdue partners with online learning platformDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University is partnering with technology provider edX to provide select courses online. The first PurdueX courses, being developed by Purdu...
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New law expands schools' authority to fight bullyingDec 26, 2014 12:01 am - A law that takes effect next week will allow Illinois school districts to punish students for cyberbullying, even if it occurs outside of school. Currently, districts ma...
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District 95 principal hiring approvedDec 23, 2014 12:01 am - The Lake Zurich Unit District 95 school board on Dec. 18 approved the permanent hiring of Todd Jakowitsch as principal for Lake Zurich Middle School North and McKenna Se...