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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Northbrook, Elaine Nekritz, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Interior Policy
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New principal wants to stay near with students
Sandra Coughlin, 50, didn't set out to be a principal when she started as a third grade teacher in Belleville, Ill. Yet over the years, Coughlin, who will take over the reins at Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn in July, seemed to thrive in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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A crooked route to love
Growing up, John Rosberg and Elizabeth "Brook" Smith did not have a lot in common. Rosberg grew up in modest means with his mom and sister in Lake Villa; Smith enjoyed the perks of a childhood in affluent Lake Forest. What they did have in common,...
Tags: High Schools, Education, Colleges and Universities, Media Industry, Schools
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Taking the less-known route
If you can't get in — or can't afford — a top business school, is an MBA from a lesser-known school worth it? The answer depends largely on the student. Those gunning for the top of the organizational chart, and without the networking...
Tags: Real Estate, Employment Opportunities, Teachers, Heavy Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
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Kolden running for Aberdeen school board
Todd Kolden has filed a nominating petition to seek a spot on the Aberdeen Public Board of Education. Kolden, 50, is a graduate of Aberdeen Central High School. After retiring from the U.S. Navy, he began working for the South Dakota Department of...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Disabled American Veterans
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At 5-4, point guard carries sky-high dreams
Jaleesa Armstrong grew up with the sound of her three older brothers constantly bouncing their basketballs throughout the family's Englewood neighborhood home. The sound — which was different on the living room carpeting; different on the...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Sports, Malcolm X, Women's National Basketball Association, College Sports
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From Death March to Hell Ships
In 1991, Jan Thompson attended a reunion of World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. She accompanied her father, one of those veterans. "I was just dumbfounded at what I heard," she said. "I walked out saying, 'Why doesn't...
Tags: Japan, Gene Siskel, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies
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Philip X. "Phil" Kaltenbach, English teacher
![Philip X. "Phil" Kaltenbach, a former high school English teacher who later became an expert in the field of collectible comic books, died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., while recovering from foot surgery. He was 63.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-03/75107586-29140441.jpg "Philip X. "Phil\" Kaltenbach, a former high school English teacher who later became an expert in the field of collectible comic books, died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., while recovering from foot surgery. He was 63.")
Philip X. "Phil" Kaltenbach, a former high school English teacher who later became an expert in the field of collectible comic books, died Tuesday at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota, Fla., while recovering from foot surgery. He was 63.
The son...Tags: Teachers, Literature, The Rolling Stones (music group), Baltimore County, Apocalypse Now (movie)
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Rosenthal: Emerging world markets offer opportunities as well as cultural, ethical land mines
Here in Chicago, where locals intuitively know a wink and a nod might have as many different meanings as Tom Skilling has descriptions for precipitation, we should well understand the difficulties faced by companies looking to do business in emerging...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Tom Skilling, China, Corruption, Trips and Vacations
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USMH showcases course offerings during spring open house
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comMark Minter, who retired from the military on Friday, was at University System of Maryland at Hagerstown on Thursday looking for one of the certifications offered by University of Maryland University College. “I want to get a job in the health care...Tags: U.S. Army, University System of Maryland, Coppin State University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Towson
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From hero to bum in a flash
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell's body was found Oct. 11, 1970, in a Rochester, Minn., hotel room, political heavyweights tripped all over one another offering bipartisan tributes to the powerful Downstate official. The Tribune reported how...Tags: Republican Party, Medical Procedures and Tests, Government, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Paul Simon
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Poll: Illinois hearts gun control
Change of SubjectFrom the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute: A new statewide survey of Illinois voters shows most of them favor stricter gun control laws and policies. The poll, taken by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, shows......
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Mar 11, 2013
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Mar 29, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
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Mar 7, 2013
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Feb 24, 2013
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