For Rare And Hard To Find Model Trains
Picture model trains set up as tall as eye level chugging away through snow-filled miniature villages. You can see this in person if you attend the Kishwaukee Valley-Eakin Creek Model Railroad Club of Sun City's holiday display in Huntley.
Continue here: Model trains deliver holiday memories in Huntley
DuPage Children's Museum specialist Marcia MacRae and the staff considered a lot of options before developing the latest exhibit. In talking to families, the choice "was very clear," she said. "Trains." The exhibit, "Trains - Get on Board!" opened to raves as children drive a pretend train, watch model trains go around the tracks and climb a control tower.
Continue here: Kids get on board DuPage Children's Museum's train exhibit
Incoming Nanakuli High School freshmen yesterday test-drove new laptops they will use over the coming year as part of an initiative to turn around low-performing schools.
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Nanakuli High moves to high-tech learning
For first-time mom-to-be Roclyn Otani, the starting point was a fluffy pink shag rug made of soft cotton pieces. The rug, which she ordered online, makes up the centerpiece of her baby girl's nursery. It's flanked by an espresso-colored crib and dresser topped with a bookcase.
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Make room for baby
‘For these kids, it’s sink or swim,’ says one teacher who fears the cutbacks will set up students for failure Parents of Spanish-speaking students in Orange County are fuming over the school district's plans to cut a successful bilingual program for more than 1,000 students in 29 schools.
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SENTINEL EXCLUSIVE Popular Orange bilingual program targeted for cuts (Orlando Sentinel)
China's industry slump has educated women taking blue-collar jobs She majored in English and loved her job as an office worker in China's once-booming export industry. But now Xiong Xuhua is jobless and in training to be a housekeeper, a fate she is too embarrassed to tell even her husband about.
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Professionals go domestic (Baltimore Sun)