Daily Archives: November 26, 2010
An honorable response
Even after our newspaper’s reporting on District 205′s proposed changes to Advanced Placement and honors courses — including Chuck Sweeny’s column – much remains unclear.
What is clear: Our community has an incredible resource in the district’s graduates.
Amanda Makulec, a 2004 graduate of Auburn High School’s Academy program, has written an impassioned guest column for Sunday’s newspaper about the threat to AP and honors courses. She points out that she, and many graduates, took these courses because the rigor prepared them for college — and life.
“We were challenged by our teachers, who prized and cultivated our critical thinking …
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Friday daybook: Black Friday shopping and high school football
Shopping today? Tell us about your experiences. Use Twitter at the hashtag #blackfriday1126
If you’re like most shoppers, you won’t have a budget, you’ll just go out and buy. A poll by the National Endowment for Financial Education and Harris Interactive showed more than 69 percent of adults who plan to shop for the holidays this year do not set a budget.
Real estate slump: Alex Gary writes today in his blog that the number of homes sold and, at least in October, the median sale prices of the Rock River Valley properties tumbled in October as few buyers …
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