BCHS offering iPads for perfect attendance
Benton Consolidated High School has partnered up with local businesses for an incentive program to help raise attendance and encourage the use of technology for improved learning.The BCHS District 103...
View ArticleThese 11 states spend more on prisons than on colleges
For the last 20 years, state higher education spending has fallen while incarceration rates climbed. Here are 11 states where those lines have crossed, along with four that still spend more on higher...
View Article3 grades, 3 styles of music
Students of Benton Grade School 5-8 hosted their annual Fall Concert Thursday night in the school gymnasium.The sixth-grade band opened the evening with "March for a Fat Cat" by Barbara Littell,...
View ArticleBCHS student wins first iPad mini.
A Benton freshman learned that pointing out perfect attendance is the purpose of presenting new iPad minis.Spencer Stotler, 14, of Benton was awarded Tuesday with the first iPad for having perfect...
View ArticleRLC professor named teacher of the year
Kevin Weston, Rend Lake College's architectural technology professor, has been named the R. Tim Phillip teacher of the year for 2015 by the Illinois drafting educators association. The announcement was...
View ArticleCollege can pay off, but to varying degrees
Why don't more people get college degrees? In a new working paper, Sang Yoon Lee, Yongseok Shin and Donghoon Lee write: "In the early 1980s, American men with at least four years of college education...
View Article30 purported 'White Student Unions' pop up across the country
Last Friday night, the Union of White NYU Students, a "community" on Facebook, posted its first status update.Linking to a student-run blog addressing diversity issues at New York University, the...
View ArticleLiberty Univ. head: If more 'good people' carried guns, 'we could end those...
The president of Liberty University, a popular pilgrimage site for presidential candidates, urged students during the school's convocation on Friday to get their permits to carry concealed weapons.In...
View ArticleThe 20 best college towns in America
Ames, Iowa, is the top-ranked college town in the US, according to a new list from American Institute for Economic Research.The city of roughly 60,000 people earned the top spot thanks to its...
View ArticleHere's how many students applied early this year to get into the Ivy League
The Ivy League classes of 2020 are one step closer to getting into the school, or schools, of their dreams.
View ArticleSIU plan eliminates 180 jobs, 400 classes and 300 student workers
CARBONDALE -- SIU President Randy Dunn has announced a list of potential cuts due to the state's budget impasse in an eMail sent to employees Wednesday afternoon.The plan calls for elimination of 180...
View ArticleSIU-Carbondale chancellor condemns racist video
CARBONDALE — The leader of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is threatening legal action and condemning an anonymous YouTube video that calls for the lynching and beating of black...
View ArticleTrustees nominate RLC professor for award
INA — The Illinois Community College Trustees Association announced Thursday the 28 nominees for its 2016 Outstanding Full-Time Faculty Member Award. Among them, Rend Lake College Professor Shari...
View ArticleISP reminds drivers school is starting
Be alert for children walking or riding their bikes and stopped school busesIllinois State Police is reminding drivers that area schools will soon open their doors and begin the new school year.The...
View ArticleHerrin Gym getting a fresh face
Major renovation projects at Rich Herrin Gym will benefit both students and the general public this school year.A 1,600-square-foot weight room has been added on the west side of the second floor to...
View ArticleDistrict 47 event center opens this fall
Administrative office moves after selling building to cityA $3.2 million event center, including a new gym and performance center, is scheduled to be open this school year in Benton Grade School...
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