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The District 88 School Board formally approved a review for the school’s K-12 Social Studies Program. Curriculum and Instructor Coordinator Amanda Thorson and district teachers Tiffany Gasow, Miles ...

First graders step out of the early childhood phase of life and into a classroom with less emphasis on group play and more focus on learning through reading and listening. At this age, children want ...

As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

The State Board of Education's list of topics for K-12 instruction have been criticized as unwieldy for students and teachers ...