In DuPage County schools, there were more white students than any other individual ethnicity in the 2021-22 school year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Truancy is a persistent issue in many schools across the United States, with some students regularly skipping classes and falling behind in their studies.
It was November of my freshman year at NIU when I received an email from someone through the College of Education. The email was about a paid internship called Exploration University and it took place at Winnebago Elementary School in Bloomingdale. Once I received this email, it sounded very interesting and I wanted to know.