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After her brother died of asthma in 2009, Jermica Davis said she felt pulled to environmental justice work. This year, she spent her Earth Day picking up trash around Altgeld Gardens, the public housing community where she and her brother grew up. “When he passed away, that sparked something in me,” she said. “Working in the community, and actually seeing how the environment can affect the .
In the 2021-22 school year, 29.2% of Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 50.7% of Indian Prairie School District 204 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.
In the 2021-22 school year, 51.5% of Elmhurst School District 205 students failed the Math portion of the IAR test, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.