Articles filed under Teachers
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Educators push back on testing requirementsApr 29, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Teachers and other education professionals are urging the Illinois State Board of Education to reduce the amount of time students spend on standardized tes...
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Pritzker signs bills aimed at easing teacher shortageApr 27, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a package of bills Wednesday aimed at easing the state's shortage of teachers and other education professionals, even as a new re...
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Good news: Jane Addams Junior High band director moonlights in Chicago tribute bandApr 22, 2022 6:00 am - Eric Caliendo is living the dream, literally. By day, he directs the seventh and eighth grade bands at Jane Addams Junior High School in Schaumburg, and at night he perf...
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Appellate court allows state vaccine mandate on teachers, other public employees to continueApr 15, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A state appellate court ruled Thursday that it will not block enforcement of the Pritzker administration's mandate that certain categories of public employ...
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'It's the science nerd in me': Lisle teacher the only one in Illinois selected for NASA programApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - One of the reasons Tanya Anderson became a teacher was to tap into her love of science. Now she'll get to fulfill a dream. Anderson, a junior high school science teacher...
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Libertyville staff, students raise more than $17,000 to support teacher with cancerApr 13, 2022 6:00 am - "I am the teacher with cancer" is how French teacher Kerstin Cholewin describes herself to people around Highland Middle School in Libertyville, but to her students she ...
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Top teacher: Lake Villa music instructor named top high school music teacher of North suburbsApr 13, 2022 6:00 am - His work ethic, passion and dedication to his students earned Elliott Hile, a music teacher at Lakes Community High School in Lake Villa, one of the state's top teacher ...
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For first time in 23 years, Rosemont's lone school will have a new superintendentApr 13, 2022 1:00 am - Rosemont Elementary District 78 - the single-school district teaching 215 students from preschool through eighth grade in the village's gated community - will get its fi...
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'A lot of different cultures': Lessons in Asian American history coming to schools this fallApr 11, 2022 5:00 am - Public schools across the suburbs are gearing up to teach Asian American history this fall, after Illinois became the first state in the nation to require it through a l...
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Pritzker approves paid COVID leave for vaccinated teachersApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Public school, community college and public university employees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are now entitled to paid administrative leave fo...