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From fry guy to college graduate: McDonald's honors employees in Northwest suburbs

By Christopher Placek
Jul 25, 2019 5:30 AM - Quitmon Hartzol rose through the ranks at McDonald's from "fry guy" and manning the registers, to management. Now he can count college graduate among his accomplishments.
Buffalo Grove High gets its largest gift ever, $1 million, to develop high-tech science lab

By Christopher Placek
Jul 24, 2019 6:28 PM - Buffalo Grove High School this week announced the largest single gift received in its 46-year history: $1 million that will be used to create a robotics, manufacturing and biomedical health care innovation lab.
DeVry completes HQ move to Naperville

By Richard Klicki
Jul 18, 2019 1:54 PM - DeVry University announced Monday it has completed the move of its administrative headquarters from Downers Grove to its Naperville campus center at 1200 E. Diehl Road.
Teach your teen about college costs starting now

By LIZ WESTON
Jul 14, 2019 6:00 AM - The time to spell out exactly how much education you can afford is long before the first application essay is written.
Commentary: Internet 101 should be a required class

Tyler Cowen
Jul 13, 2019 6:00 AM - If Americans agree on anything these days, it's that our schools could be much better, and that internet culture is harming our children. Here's a simple proposal to address both problems: high school classes on how to use the internet more effectively.
Community colleges are weighing cannabis programs. One big problem: federal law.

By Peter Hancock
Jul 11, 2019 5:28 AM - Some community colleges and four-year universities in Illinois are exploring the possibility of launching educational programs to train people in the business of growing and marketing marijuana in light of a new state law legalizing adult-use recreational marijuana.
Constable: 'Ditch weed' still part of marijuana's new frontier in Illinois

Jul 11, 2019 5:33 AM - Remnants from a time when Illinois farmers grew hemp during World War II, "ditch weed" still grows wild. But only one person in the state is testing it to see how it stacks up against marijuana.
Here's what $1.6 trillion in student loan debt is doing to the U.S. economy

Christopher Ingraham
Jun 30, 2019 6:19 AM - It's worth taking a step back to ask a basic question: What is student loan debt doing to the economy? Economists have been digging into this issue for several years. Here's a roundup of what they've found.
Back-to-school spending will rise 9% and Prime Day is the reason

By Jordyn Holman
Jun 26, 2019 1:54 PM - The school year is only just finishing across the U.S., but Amazon.com is making sure parents are already thinking about back-to-school shopping.
NIU is offering Lean Six Sigma certification at two suburban locations

Submitted by Northern Illinois University
Jun 21, 2019 12:46 AM - Improving processes that increase productivity, reduce costs, increase profits and so much more. That's what professionals in all types of organizations can learn by earning a Lean Six Sigma Certificate. Northern Illinois University's College of Engineering and Engineering Technology trains professionals in Lean Six Sigma leading to Yellow, Green and eventually Black Belt certification.

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