Articles filed under Teachers
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Suburban schools brace for new TikTok challenges to smack or slap staff membersOct 01, 2021 5:00 am - Suburban school leaders are warning of yet another TikTok challenge on social media asking students to “smack a staff member on the backside” or “slap a teacher” and pos...
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District 220 leaders discuss efforts to close 'achievement gaps'Sep 30, 2021 5:05 am - Barrington Area Unit School District 220 encourages all students to be successful, but the achievements haven't always been equal among its diverse student body, the dis...
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Benet Academy abbot says he's 'deeply troubled' by school decision to hire gay lacrosse coachSep 28, 2021 1:00 am - The drama surrounding Benet Academy's hiring of a girls lacrosse head coach who is in a same-sex marriage may not be over. In a statement on Tuesday, the school's chance...
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'Safe, supported and loved': How a Schaumburg teacher nurtures students amid pandemicSep 21, 2021 6:00 am - Though her career has yet to include a school year completely unaffected by COVID-19, sixth-grade teacher Sukaina Hussain of Hoover Math & Science Academy in Schaumburg ...
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Conant art teacher, department chair named Administrator of the YearSep 19, 2021 11:00 pm - Erin Garrity-Duffey developed her passion for art as a student in Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211, and has spent 17 years - nearly all of them in District 2...
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How Waubonsee's Latinx Resource Center helps remove barriers to successSep 19, 2021 11:00 pm - My father took me to "trabajar la piedra" - work the stone - for the first time under the burning hot, Ecuadorian sun. As the eldest, I felt happy and blessed to help my...
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McHnery County College gets $20K grant for career training programSep 19, 2021 11:00 pm - The pre-apprenticeship program at McHenry County College was recently awarded a $20,000 Impact Grant from the First National Bank of Omaha. The money will be used to sup...
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Parents ask Glen Ellyn officials to push protesting anti-maskers away from elementary schoolSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - A group protesting mask-wearing policies outside Glen Ellyn District 41's administration building has drawn the ire of parents who say its members are harassing students...
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District 25 teacher resigns rather than submit to state vaccine and testing mandatesSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - Barely a month into the school year, a longtime Arlington Heights teacher plans to step down rather than receive a COVID-19 vaccination or submit to weekly testing. It's...
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District 225 board reinstitutes remote learning planSep 08, 2021 1:00 am - At a special meeting on Sept. 3, the Glenbrook High Schools District 225 board instituted a remote learning plan for the 2021-22 school year. Targeted only to students u...