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NIU students talk Monday to Tyler Elementary School fourth-graders about Money Smart Week.
Two NIU students traveled Monday to DeKalb’s Tyler Elementary School to promote Money Smart Week. A student actor portraying Benjamin Franklin spoke to fourth-grade students about financial literacy. Booklets provided by Money Smart Week to familiarize each student with the topic. Each booklet contained key terms about economics, spending plans and banks and well as...
Drive 4 UR School logo
DeKalb Music Boosters and Brad Manning Ford are sponsoring a “Drive 4 UR School” fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 12. Licensed drivers ages 18 and older are invited to visit the parking lot of DeKalb High School at 501 W. Dresser Road, test-drive a new Ford vehicle and complete a brief...
Logo of JAZZ IN PROGRESS band
JAZZ in PROGRESS, a community jazz group that performs at many local events, will play at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, to support DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 music programs. The concert will take place at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road. Admission is free, but a goodwill offering will be taken...
George M. Shur
George M. Shur, who served as general counsel for Northern Illinois University from 1983 until his retirement in 2003, died Sunday, Nov. 25. He was 70. An avid supporter of education and the community, Shur also served president of the board of education for DeKalb Community Unit School District 428. A memorial service will take...
A photo of books in the Children's Literature Collection of NIU's Gabel Hall.
The NIU College of Education’s Literacy Clinic recently was authorized to provide tutoring services to DeKalb public school children who need help with reading, under a provision of the “No Child Left Behind Act” of 2001. The law stipulates that public schools which have failed to measure up to performance standards for more than one...
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