Articles filed under Education
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Questions at District 211 candidates forum focus on use of controversial sex ed curriculum
Jan 28, 2023 4:49 PM - A Saturday forum for Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 candidates, which had been designed to ensure a variety of topics, ended up being dominated by audience questions about the district's controversial adoption of the state's comprehensive sex education curriculum. -
District 73 plans to extend instructional day to 7 hours in 2023-24
Jan 27, 2023 5:46 PM - A new schedule with updated start and end times, longer hours and more instructional days for students will debut next year in Vernon Hills-based Hawthorn Elementary District 73. -
Dist. 220 superintendent leaving job at end of school year
Jan 27, 2023 5:18 PM - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Robert Hunt plans to leave his job at the end of this school year, the district said in a news release Friday. -
New school board member appointed in District 87
Jan 27, 2023 5:15 PM - The Glenbard High School District 87 school board has appointed a new member to fill a vacant seat on the panel. -
Embattled District 64 superintendent backed by community members at meeting
Jan 27, 2023 5:00 AM - About a dozen audience members at Thursday's Park Ridge-Niles District 64 board meeting rose to support embattled Superintendent Eric Olson. -
Geneva school district promoting assistant superintendent to top job
Jan 26, 2023 4:52 PM - The District 304 board on Wednesday picked Assistant Superintendent Andrew Barrett to take over when current Superintendent Kent Mutchler retires in June. -
Elgin Public Museum to honor late educator "Miss Marge" SaturdayJan 26, 2023 3:23 PM - The Elgin Public Museum will hold a "Remembrance Tea" Saturday to honor its late longtime educator Marge Fox.
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Waubonsee Voices: Why we should care about the arts
Jan 26, 2023 9:54 AM - The arts have always figured prominently in everyday life, and their benefits for a society have long been recognized. -
Glenbard Parent Series speaker to discuss essential skills for young people on Feb. 8
Jan 31, 2023 3:31 PM - On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the Glenbard Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will present "Essential Communication and Life Skills: A Kid's Guide to Growing Up" with author Catherine Newman in two webinars. -
Pritzker warns College Board against AP Black studies changes after DeSantis blocked course
Jan 25, 2023 8:28 PM - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is going to battle with the national College Board over what he calls "political grandstanding" by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Chicago Democrat is warning the nonprofit that oversees the Advanced Placement program that Illinois will reject a revised African American Studies course if it doesn't include "a factual accounting of history, including the role played by black queer Americans."
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