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Lake County Eye: An Unwin Situation
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Keeping an Eye on. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Anyone out this weekend could have seen your LakeCountyEye at the Mundelein Fourth-of-July Festival. Your LakeCountyEye volunteered for a shift in the elected-official wing of the festival's sober-up tent. Haha. Steve Lentz July 4th. Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz on Monday defended widely criticized comments he made about the legalization of gay marriage and other societal issues during an Independence Day speech. Your LakeCountyEye's curiosity was piqued. The cult...
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Lake County Eye: The Monkey Business
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Keeping an Eye on. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Lake County loves a dog and pony show. Particularly when the ponies are dogs. And the dogs are capuchin monkeys. The Lake County Fair is bringing back the Banana Derby. This year, which is your chance see capuchin monkeys ( cebus capucinus. Competing on the backs of dogs - like itty-bitty little jockeys. Haha. Some spoilsports, however, do not think this is a laughing matter. According to the Daily Herald. Ten Additional Attractions to See. Want to contact us?
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Lake County Eye: Life's a Beach
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Keeping an Eye on. Monday, July 27, 2015. While it is true that a tunnel is being dug in Waukegan to transfer prisoners from the Lake County Jail - your LakeCountyEye incorrectly reported that the underground excavation opened a sinkhole on the Waukegan Beach:. Notes from the Underground. The sinkhole in question turned out to be a tidepool of natural origin. The News-Sun. Observed that the . Unsafe' area at Waukegan beach fixed after shutdown threat. Waukegan Mayor Wayne Motley says . Want to contact us?
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Lake County Eye: June 2015
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Keeping an Eye on. Sunday, June 28, 2015. Not Exactly Gay About Marriage. Traditionally June is the month for marriage rulings from the Supreme Court. June also marks the end of the school year, and your LakeCountyEye has a pop quiz. Operatives are challenged to guess which of these actual headlines (for this week's Supreme Court gay marriage ruling) was seen in the Daily Herald. Supreme Court extends gay marriage nationwide. Supreme Court ends bans nationwide on same-sex marriage, recognition. A Confede...
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Gerri K. Songer | We Are More
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Education Blogger’s Network. Candidate for Lake County Board. Gerri K. Songer. Illinois ends much-debated PARCC test for high school students. July 12, 2016. Now, if IL would get rid of ACT and SAT, teachers could get back to teaching kids! IL schools should be …. Continue reading →. Diane Ravitch Urges Parents to Opt Children Out of Common-Core Exams. April 5, 2016. Continue reading →. Education researchers blast Common Core standards, urge ban on high-stakes tests. April 5, 2016. Continue reading →.
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Interview with pension expert John Colombo on Rauner/Cullerton pension theft. | We Are More
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Education Blogger’s Network. Candidate for Lake County Board. Interview with pension expert John Colombo on Rauner/Cullerton pension theft. Posted by Gerri K. Songer. Asymp; Leave a comment. Illinois Senate President John Cullerton. Post By: Fred Klonsky. Interview with John D. Colombo, the Albert E. Jenner Jr. Professor and interim dean of the University of Illinois’ College of Law. Gov Rauner has his own plan, which would move all active workers into the less generous Tier II pension system, which is b...
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Illinois ends much-debated PARCC test for high school students | We Are More
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Education Blogger’s Network. Candidate for Lake County Board. Illinois ends much-debated PARCC test for high school students. Posted by Gerri K. Songer. Asymp; Leave a comment. Common Core State Standards. Now, if IL would get rid of ACT and SAT, teachers could get back to teaching kids! I analyzed the PARCC assessment. And knew well in advance it would be a disaster. SAT is not the answer either. Post By: Chicago Tribune. Illinois is ditching the controversial state PARCC. At the high school level, the ...
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John Dahlia – Good News – High hopes for ‘Capito Connect’ rural broadband project in 2016 | We Are More
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Education Blogger’s Network. Candidate for Lake County Board. John Dahlia – Good News – High hopes for ‘Capito Connect’ rural broadband project in 2016. Posted by Gerri K. Songer. Asymp; Leave a comment. Digital Learning Equity Act. Every Child Achieves Act. Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act. Post By: The Preston County News and Journal. Broadband Discussion – I-79 High Tech Park. In 2015, Capito spokesperson Ashley Berrang explained, we made significant strides to better connect West Virginia ...
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Diane Ravitch Urges Parents to Opt Children Out of Common-Core Exams | We Are More
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Education Blogger’s Network. Candidate for Lake County Board. Diane Ravitch Urges Parents to Opt Children Out of Common-Core Exams. Posted by Gerri K. Songer. Asymp; 1 Comment. Post By: Education Week. Message from Diane Ravitch about Opt Out. Education scholar, blogger, and activist Diane Ravitch told. Posted on NPE’s website, Ravitch said that the statewide assessments based on common core standards are “useless.”. Opt-out activists have gone on full assault in recent weeks as states prepare to adminis...
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Lake County Eye: May 2015
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Keeping an Eye on. Sunday, May 31, 2015. A week is a long time in politics. Which means it's been about one political week since your LakeCountyEye last posted a Caption Contest! The H/T for this week's Caption Contest! Goes to the News-Sun. For this headshot portrait of Robert Dold - who was at the Great Lakes Naval Station last week for a photo op:. Dold touts military spending bills in visit to Naval Station Great Lakes. One lucky winner will receive an army-surplus oversize-propeller drone. Round Lak...
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