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Angela Kaitschuk, a first-grade teacher at Graham Elementary School, has a reason for putting four boxes of 16 crayons each on her list of back-to-school supplies. Read more... Parents can use back-to-school shopping to start teaching kids about money and budgets When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper. Read more... 'Something to be proud of' Todd Zoellick has never been professionally trained as an educator, but his teaching abilities seemed natural as he stood before several classes Monday. Read more... Preparing to return to school Students will return to Washington Elementary School on Tuesday, as they and other city residents begin a new week, after one that marked one of the worst floods in the city's history. Read more... Editorial: Disappearing act dooms students Sounds like a punch line: The key to success in high school? Showing up. But new research pegged freshman attendance the No. 1 predictor -- more than poverty, gender or race -- of whether students ultimately graduate... Read more... Computer problem mars first day of school Some students 'disappear' from system, miss classes Attendance was the big push as Chicago public schools opened another year of classes Tuesday, but a new $60 million computer information system that records attendance and other data was down for the count much of the day. Read more... City promoting its all-day kindergartens Full-day option better prepares pupils for 1st grade, officials say Unlike her other children, who will also start their school year at McKinley Park School when Chicago Public Schools open Tuesday, Mendoza knows her daughter will be facing the greatest adjustment as she begins her first full-day kindergarten class... Read more...
Fashionable Challenges Teen fashion has once again become a national challenge as kids return to school and principals take up the fight against skin, sex and gang influence permeating the classroom... Read more...
171 CPS schools get new chiefs Nervous, novice principals fill vacancies in CPS left by the retirement of scores of Baby Boomers... Read more... Everyone feels like freshman at new school Students, staff in Deerfield trade trailers for $21.5 million campus Entering the gleaming, new Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield for the first time Wednesday, senior Daniel Kanter did a double take. It wasn't the pristine classrooms, spacious hallways or... Read more... Angst away TIPS FOR 1ST DAY | Back-to-school anxiety comes in all ages, but preparing can help ease stress Catrina Bolin predicts 6-year-old daughter Arianna's first day of first grade won't be marked with tear-filled, needy farewells... Read more... Home-schooled students back at it, too Brock Russell already knows who he'll be sitting with in class when he starts preschool. He'll be joined by his brother, Bo, and sisters, Brie and Brooke, at his desk -- the kitchen table. Mom Susan Russell of South Elgin has been teaching the four children from home for more than nine years... Read more...
Aching shoulders. Sore backs. Tired legs. Yep, school's back in session. As children pack their books into freshly bought school bags, health officials and state educators offer a warning: Ease up... Read more... CPS pushes 1st-day attendance Chicago Schools CEO Arne Duncan hit seven church pulpits Sunday to preach a simple message: Kids should be at school for the first day, on time, ready to learn. "School starts when?" Duncan asked families gathered at... Read more... High school students could lose parking privileges for missing classes EDWARDSVILLE --With the start of the new school year, the students at Edwardsville High School are having to abide by some new attendance policies or they may find themselves having to catch a ride... Read more... Decatur public school teachers make House Calls on students DECATUR - A yellow school bus coming down East Olive Street on Thursday morning gave Kyle and Garrett Weaver, ages 11 and 9, quite a start. "Summer's not over yet," insisted Kyle, soon to be a fifth-grader at Stevenson School. "We've got six more days coming." The brothers were soon breathing easier after two teachers... Read more... Year-round school takes off EDUCATION | Today, 11 start using format that has proved helpful for others Brand new second-graders should know how to tell time. But after a long summer break, many are rusty, forcing teachers to go back over the basics -- which is the hour hand? -- instead of diving into second-grade work. That's not a problem at Alain Locke Charter Academy in... Read more... Back to school at three U-46 schools The first day of school Thursday went without a hitch at Channing Elementary. Actually, it went even better than that, according to Channing Principal Ernest Gonzalez... Read more... |
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