Articles filed under Teachers
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As state says unvaccinated kids should wear masks, here's what suburban schools are doing so farJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - School districts across the region are diverging on whether to require students to wear masks when they return to classes next month as parents pressure educators from b...
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State's top teacher, from Mundelein: Just hiring more teachers of color isn't enoughJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Hiring diverse teachers isn't enough to make schools equitable. School leaders also need to create a culture and climate in which minority students and employees feel we...
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District 64 board ditches vote on full-day kindergarten planJul 16, 2021 5:30 am - After a lengthy debate Thursday night, the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board opted not to vote on a plan to offer full-day kindergarten classes at all five of th...
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Wheaton District 200 parents demand face masks be mandatory in schoolsJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - Some Wheaton Community Unit School District 200 parents are outraged the district has decided to make masks optional for the upcoming school year. Parents say they are e...
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Parents share anger, support for mask guidance in District 211Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - At Thursday night's board meeting, Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 chose to recommend, not require, masks for unvaccinated students when school starts next ...
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Mask debate in Park Ridge-Niles District 64Jul 16, 2021 1:00 am - About a dozen parents of Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 students on Thursday implored the school board to let them choose whether kids should wear masks on campus d...
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No more snow days? Naperville District 203 proposing e-learning to replace emergency daysJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - Traditional snow days could be a thing of the past in Naperville Unit District 203. Amid the expansion of remote learning capabilities, district officials have developed...
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District 211 recommends rather than requires masks for unvaccinated studentsJul 15, 2021 1:00 am - During a contentious board meeting in which jeering parents were admonished several times, the board of trustees of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 on Thurs...
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'Our entire world was shattered': Parents say ex-teacher 'brainwashed' daughter to convert to ChristianityJun 28, 2021 5:30 am - Carpentersville parents Yosuf Chaudhry and Amena Alvi got the shock of their lives when they learned their 15-year-old daughter had renounced her Islamic faith and secre...
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Park Ridge school gets new assistant principalJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - A new assistant principal has been hired at Franklin Elementary School in Park Ridge. The Park Ridge-Niles Elementary District 64 school board has tapped Margaret Burke ...