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Apple highlights District 211's use of iPads in promo video

By Eric Peterson
May 3, 2019 5:28 AM - Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's use of iPads in its overall curriculum is receiving national exposure through a promotional video on Apple's website.
New name for education support company

May 3, 2019 9:11 AM - ETA hand2mind, a leader in hands-on learning since 1965, announced it has changed its name to hand2mind.
Dist. 15 entrepreneurs receive funding through 'Shark Tank' event

Submitted by the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce
May 1, 2019 2:27 PM - Fourteen junior high school student entrepreneurs from Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 underwent a "Shark Tank" experience, asking for financial support of their business from a panel of local investors.
Analysis: Is forcing students to study personal finance a waste of time?

Timothy Ogden
Apr 28, 2019 6:10 AM - It's easy to boost financial knowledge: Lots of programs show positive outcomes when you ask people a few questions before and after a financial-ed course. But the impact disappears when you measure what people who take the courses actually do.
Prospective apprentices welcome at MCC open house

Submitted by McHenry County Community College
Apr 25, 2019 10:50 AM - Prospective apprentices are invited to a Manufacturing Apprentice Program Open House May 1 at McHenry County College.
Code school marks first anniversary with event

Apr 17, 2019 12:23 PM - TheCoderSchool North Shore will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a Coder Fair event from 2-4 p.m. May 4 at its downtown Highland Park location.
District 211 students show off house they built in Palatine

By Lauren Rohr
Apr 15, 2019 6:38 AM - As a junior at Palatine High School, Angel Ewald designed the two-story, four-bedroom house as part of his Project Lead the Way civil engineering and architecture program. Over the last two years, his vision was brought to life by dozens of building construction students from Palatine and Fremd high schools.
District 211 to hold open house for student-built house

Submitted by Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211
Apr 10, 2019 5:11 PM - The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 school board is inviting the public to an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at a 3,137-square-foot house built by building construction students from Palatine and Fremd High School students.
What students can learn from the days before college loans

By ANNA HELHOSKI of NerdWallet
Apr 7, 2019 6:16 AM - Before the 1960s, student loans didn't exist. Federal loans for students with financial need started with the Higher Education Act of 1965, then opened to all students in 1978. Here's what paying for college looked like back in the day, and what today's students can learn.
Vast majority of applicants for temporary student loan forgiveness are rejected

Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
Apr 7, 2019 6:00 AM - Tens of thousands of public servants have applied to have their federal student loans forgiven through a temporary relief program run by the U.S. Education Department. Fewer than 300 have had success. Now, one of the lawmakers who championed the initiative wants to know what happened.

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