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D-186 about to hang up on student cell phones
Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – The only question for the District 186 school board, in crafting tougher and more consistent student cell phone policies, is whether to spend upwards of $200,000 on special pouches that would hold – and disable – the phone during the school day.
Retired educator Meyers reflects on state honor
SUN CITY — After a nearly 30-year career as a teacher, athletic director, and coach, Jim Meyers received a top honor from the state-wide Illinois Association of Athletic Directors (IADA). Meyers was one of three members of the IADA Class of 2024 Hall of Fame, along with Terry Dobbs who worked at Palatine and Greg ...
LLCC offering free Media Makers Camp
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — Lincoln Land Community College is offering a new, free Media Makers Camp for high school students and recent graduates. The camp is July 22-25, where students can get an introductory inside-look at the field of integrated media design. The camp will be held at LLCC-Medical...
Dreams dashed: The broken promises of for-profit colleges
The schools often target first-generation, low-income, and Black and brown students for recruitment. Students say they get saddled with debt and little to no job prospects. New federal regulations go into effect Monday that could withhold federal funding from 60% of Illinois’ for-profit schools unless they’re able to improve performance.
iFAB awarded $51 million EDA Tech Hubs grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the Tech Hubs Program through the Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration. The iFAB consortium, led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will receive a Phase 2 Implementation grant to position Central Illinois as a global leader in biomanufacturing and precision fermentation, supporting national security, economic growth, and job generation.
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