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AM News: Turnarounds Take Lunch, Security Staff - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

AM News: Turnarounds Take Lunch, Security Staff - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

AM News: Turnarounds Take Lunch, Security Staff

Are Lunch Ladies Part of Recipe for Good Schools? WBEZ: Is it necessary to remove lunch ladies, janitors, and security guards to create better schools?...

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Students experiment with a career in science Tribune: Sherin Randall-London should have a memorable project for the science fair after spending her summer in a lab at Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University's medical school... Walgreens clinics offer 40% off back-to-school physicals Sun Times: Take Care Health Systems is offering back-to-school physicals at Take Care Clinics nationwide for $35 -- more than 40 percent off the usual price...Study: Students take what Google gives Give college students an assignment, and the first thing many will do is to Google the subject, according to a Northwestern University study that offers this suggestion... Illinois to Cut Writing Portion from Standardized Tests WBEZ: Standardized tests for elementary- and middle-schoolers in Illinois are getting shorter.