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Quest Academy wants to open children's museum in Palatine

By Bob Susnjara
Jan 16, 2019 3:51 PM - Quest Academy in Palatine wants to open a children's museum as part of its private-school operation in a retail plaza.
Students caught in middle of popular app's billing dispute with Verizon

By Jake Griffin
Jan 14, 2019 6:24 PM - Scores of teachers, students and parents throughout the suburbs took to Twitter Monday to express concerns about a billing dispute that will keep a popular smartphone communication app from working on devices using Verizon's services.
Career Education to forgive thousands of students' debt in recruiting probe settlement

By Richard Klicki
Jan 4, 2019 6:55 AM - Career Education Corp. said Thursday it has settled with attorneys general from 48 states and the District of Columbia to end an inquiry into the for-profit school's recruiting and student loan practices that began in 2014.
Study: Women who attended elite colleges made more money, married less

Andrew Van Dam
Dec 16, 2018 1:00 AM - Why does choosing more-selective colleges change the earnings trajectories of women but not men? The short answer is marriage, according to a new working paper.
Constable: This Mundelein beauty-school dropout now is in the business of making stuff

By Burt Constable
Dec 1, 2018 4:53 PM - Immortalized in the musical "Grease," the phrase "beauty-school dropout" carries an onus that Lauren Jackson of Mundelein simply remakes into something unexpected and beautiful. It's what she does.
Christian school expands into former Putt Putt in Elk Grove Village

By Christopher Placek
Nov 30, 2018 10:12 PM - For the better part of three decades, the Putt Putt miniature golf course was the place for neighborhood kids in Elk Grove Village to spend summer nights passing the time. Now, it'll be where children spend their days studying, inside a Christian school expanding from its existing location next door.
Fortune Brands creates trade scholarships

Nov 19, 2018 8:29 AM - Fortune Brands Home & Security has partnered with City Colleges of Chicago to create a new Skilled Trades Scholarship.
Huntley High special education students launch profitable candle-making business

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Nov 15, 2018 7:28 PM - A job skills program at Huntley High School is helping turn special education students' talents into a profitable candle-making business.
Streamwood High precision manufacturing program, instructor awarded $50,000

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Nov 15, 2018 4:36 PM - Matt Erbach, a precision manufacturing instructor at Streamwood High School, was honored Thursday for being among the best skilled-trades teachers in the nation and awarded a cash prize.
Judson students to vie for nearly $2,000 in 'Shark Tank' contest

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Nov 7, 2018 6:33 PM - Budding student entrepreneurs will pitch their business or product ideas to a panel of expert judges for a chance to win nearly $2,000 during Judson University's fifth "Shark Tank" event Nov. 15.

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