Lockport High School District 205 candidates debated comparisons on student and spending test scores with Lincoln-Way District 210.
Political tensions rise at Lockport District 205 Board candidates forum
Category: Education
Eisenhower writers get national attention for literary efforts
The National Council of Teachers of English awarded Eisenhower High School’s literary magazine with a REALM award.
Teachers union to petition school board over five ‘sticking points’ in contract negotiations
The Chicago Teachers Union plans to submit the five “sticking points” preventing them from settling on a new contract to the school board.
Senate confirms former WWE head Linda McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down
The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation’s education chief, a role that places her atop a department that President Donald Trump has vilified and vowed to dismantle.
Oak Park District 97 extends superintendent’s contract
The Oak Park Elementary School District 97 board voted 5-0 to give superintendent Ushma Shah a two year contract extension.
Crete-Monee, TF South teachers named finalists for Golden Apple Award
Sarah Valerio of Crete-Monee and Jordan Oivia from TF South high schools are Golden Apple Award for teaching excellence finalists.
Dr. Robert Hanopole, Dr. Michael Rubenstein, and Paul Schweet Recognized in Best-Selling Book on Regenerative Laser Therapy and Business Success
Dr. Robert Hanopole and Dr. Michael Rubenstein, co-founders of The Laser Masters and developers of the ReliefNow® Laser Methods, along with Paul Schweet, Executive Director of The Laser Masters, have been recognized in the Amazon best-selling book Beyond the Beam: Leveraging Regenerative Laser Therapy for Business Success.
Three University of Chicago students robbed at gunpoint, police say
Three University of Chicago students were robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning in Hyde Park, according to the school’s police department.
‘They are in my heart’: Classmates, friends gather to mourn the Payne family
Carrying a stuffie vigil organizers Circle of Love handed out to the more than 40 kids who came out to honor the Paynes — mom Briana, 27; and daughters Aurorah, 7, Ava, 6, and Alayna, 4, who were discovered on Feb. 21 after having been fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide – at Bailey Elementary School in Lake Station Friday evening, a little girl named Samantha expressed the enormity of the loss.
“I miss the three of them so much,” Samantha said before her face fell. “They are in my heart.”
Samantha’s bravery opened the floodgates among the students, all of them still reeling from a week of trying to understand what happened to their friends.
Indiana businesses haven’t seen assessment increases that homes have, shifting the tax burden onto homeowners
As the Indiana General Assembly prepares to advance a property tax reform bill through the House starting this week, Lake County Finance Director Scott Schmal said legislators need to take a closer look at the root cause of increased property taxes for homeowners: the discrepancy in assessed value calculations of homes versus businesses.