Also on the Chicago Tribune list: Anderson Pest Solutions in Elmhurst receives noteworthy employee feedback.
The Chicago Tribune this week named Elmhurst Public Library one the Chicago area's Top 100 Workplaces for 2012. This distinction is awarded each November and is determined based solely on employee feedback. According to the Tribune article, library employees noted the camaraderie, openness to differing opinions and the ability to explore one’s own talents as highlights of their work environment: The library was ranked at No. 15 in the "small business" category. It was founded in 1916 and employs 152 people. In 2013, the library will celebrate 10 years at its 125 S. Prospect location. Modern amenities, such as a drive-up window, self check-in and checkout, a coffee bar, wireless Internet access, teen lounging areas and private study rooms …
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And despite the editor's Armageddon headline here, the sky isn't falling. The real culprit isn't kids or teachers; it's No Child Left Behind.
In yet another of their “the sky is falling” school pieces, the Aug. 31 Chicago Tribune headline blared “Public H.S. grads struggle at college”! The report went on to describe how Chicago-area students who generally got B's in high school weren’t faring nearly as well at Illinois state universities. To prove their point, the newspaper included all sorts of tables showing the disparity between high school and college grades. Since they only included the best and worst cases, I pulled out the data for all of our Patchland high schools and sorted it by the best state college grade point average to the lowest: Source: Chicago Tribune I have to admit, in a hermetically sealed statistical world, these numbers are quite fascinating. Hinsdale …
Ercie Berwick
1:14 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
My husband and I were among those who voted "NO" on a new library. We didn't need one; the old library was adequate. I am sure there are those who will disagree with me, but that is my opinion nevertheless. So we built a new library for something around 24 million smackeroos, and I, as a patron, don't feel I can relax and concentrate in this edifice because the librarians are unable to maintain … more ›