Evanston Township High School Superintendent Marcus Campbell called the community he grew up in on the south side of Chicago “hyper-segregated.” He said he grew up going to predominantly Black schools that “normalized” Black achievement. When he started teaching regular and advanced English classes at ETHS, Campbell said his goal was to have both tracks.
As someone who identifies as Navajo and Choctaw, Nizhoni Ward said her own experiences with what’s taught in Illinois public schools about her ancestry included the classic story of “Columbus sailing the ocean blue” and a first-grade play about the Indians and pilgrims sitting down for a “happy feast after a successful harvest.” “I was actually asked to play an Indian in that play about .
House Bill 1633 aims to make it a requirement for Illinois schools to teach a unit of Native American history. Pritzker is expected to sign the bill by mid-August.
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Northwestern University has announced the formation of a search committee to identify the next dean of the School of Education and Social Policy (SESP).The individual chosen will succeed David Figlio, Dean and Orrington Lunt Professor of Education an