Articles filed under Teachers
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'We want change': Group holds anti-bullying protest after reports of attack at Des Plaines schoolMar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Days after her 9-year-old son was injured by classmates at Forest Elementary School in Des Plaines, a local woman led an anti-bullying protest at the campus Tuesday morn...
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U-46 hybrid students moving to full in-person classes after spring breakMar 16, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin Area School District U-46 students now attending under the hybrid plan will return to in-person classes five days a week after spring break, officials said. The m...
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Teachers, students, parents reflect on the year since COVID-19 closed suburban schoolsMar 12, 2021 4:00 am - There was cheering in some classrooms and hallways when the announcement went out a year ago that Illinois schools were closing amid the spiraling COVID-19 pandemic. But...
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How suburban educators are responding to state's call for culturally inclusive instructionMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - As a result of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement last year after the death of George Floyd, the state of Illinois is working with school districts in the...
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Libertyville, Vernon Hills high schools moving closer to full in-person classesMar 04, 2021 4:20 am - Full-day in-class instruction is being considered as an added option for students at Libertyville and Vernon Hills high schools. A final determination is pending, but an...
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Elgin school mourns loss of teacher who 'poured her heart and her soul' into jobMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - Students and staff of a small Elgin school are mourning the loss of a beloved teacher. St. Thomas More Catholic School principal Sonja Keane said they were "devastated ...
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Local college students feel pressure of remote learningMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - Going into her second semester at Western Michigan University, Annie Walinder was excited to be at a four-year university. As an engineering major, most of Walinder's cl...
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Professors adapt methods to engage students at homeMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - When the COVID-19 pandemic caused the College of DuPage to shut its doors to most students, faculty and staff, political science professor David Goldberg soon found he n...
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Educators use part of their institute day to learn self-care and gain a boost of energyFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Teachers and administrators in Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 used the last 30 minutes of their professional development day Friday to boost their energy ...
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Top Teacher: How a Saint Viator teacher connects literary classics with current eventsFeb 24, 2021 5:00 am - In Megan O'Neill's English classes at Saint Viator High School, students are just as likely to study classics like "The Scarlet Letter" as they are Amanda Gorman's "The ...