Articles filed under Education
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Wauconda High football fans happy taller fence won't be installedMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - Wauconda residents whose homes abut the local high school's football stadium are celebrating the District 118 school board's promise not to double the height of a sectio...
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Harper to host open house for career, tech programsMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - Harper College architecture, fire science and fashion design students will showcase their work in an open house Tuesday, May 6. Faculty and students enrolled in 18 caree...
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Cap, gown and poncho required for U of I gradsMay 02, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois has added something to the list of usual gear for its spring graduates at the Urbana-Champaign campus - rain ponchos. The ca...
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Grayslake District 46 board member raises concern about trade association spendingMay 01, 2014 5:00 am - Questions about the level of spending with a privately operated statewide education trade organization have surfaced at Grayslake Elementary District 46. At issue during...
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Poshard reflects on time as SIU presidentMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. - The newly retired president of the Southern Illinois University system says he's bittersweet about stepping down from the post. Glenn Poshard, a forme...
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Play golf for charity:May 01, 2014 1:01 am - The Stevenson High School Foundation's annual golf outing will be held June 20 at Kemper Lakes Golf Club in Kildeer. Breakfast, lunch, a raffle and an auction are planne...
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Teacher in jail on bomb threat chargeMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - ST. LOUIS - An Illinois high school special-education teacher was jailed without bond Thursday after state and federal prosecutors accused her of threatening to blow up ...
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University of Illinois law school dean resigningMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The dean of the University of Illinois College of Law is stepping down after a tenure that saw the school investigated for using inflated grades and en...
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More Chicago students to get free college coursesApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - More than 3,000 Chicago Public Schools students will get to enroll in free college courses at the City Colleges of Chicago beginning this fall. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, publi...
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Quinn wants more scholarships for needy studentsApr 30, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn wants Illinois to increase scholarships for needy college students. Quinn held a rally on the issue Wednesday in Springfield. He wants to i...