Articles filed under Education
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St. Charles school packs Christmas boxes for needy kidsNov 15, 2014 12:01 am - Children around the world can count on having a merry Christmas this year, thanks to the generosity of the children and families of St. Mark's Lutheran Church Preschool ...
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Love the outdoors? Become a Kane County Certified NaturalistNov 14, 2014 4:01 pm - Register now for certified naturalist program
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Editorial: A school's step toward closing one gender gapNov 14, 2014 4:01 am - Perhaps on a birthday long ago, a kid you know unwrapped an Erector set and spent the day constructing a tower. Or maybe you watched your own child open a Lego kit and b...
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College prep school in Batavia won't focus on testingNov 13, 2014 4:30 am - A new, private high school that focuses not on test scores but rather on preparing students for college will open in Batavia next fall. The Harbridge College Prep Academ...
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North Barrington 5th grader in national art competitionNov 13, 2014 12:01 am - An art project made by a fifth-grader from North Barrington Elementary school named Mya Hardin has been entered in a national competition against 11 other fourth, fifth ...
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Teen troupe inspires Schaumburg students to make good choicesNov 11, 2014 4:30 am - Bullying. Hate speech. Drug overdoses. Suicide. Domestic violence. Perhaps the only shocking thing about these subjects for students at Jane Addams Junior High in Schaum...
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District 214 students, staff work to close STEM gender gapNov 10, 2014 4:00 am - When Nancy Suarez heard that Elk Grove High School would be offering a section of Intro to Engineering for girls only this school year, she dropped lunch hour from her s...
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Back to Antarctica, a little delayed, for NIU scientistsNov 10, 2014 4:00 am - Two days. Two stinkin' days. If federal officials had been able to resolve their budget conflict and end the 2013 partial government shutdown two days earlier, Reed Sche...
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The beautiful struggle of Jen Katrein's St. Charles classroomNov 09, 2014 3:01 pm - As Jen Katrein gets peppered by questions, it becomes clear the assignment is a bit different from anything her fifth grade class has attempted before. The mission is t...
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Isaac Fox library open houseNov 09, 2014 12:01 am - An open house is set for Thursday, Nov. 13, to show off new creative space at Isaac Fox Elementary School in Lake Zurich. It'll run from 6 to 7 p.m. in the library media...