Articles filed under Diversity
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Experts: Literacy training must evolve to help kids in early gradesAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - After years of teaching high school students with learning disabilities, Carol Benz realized their problems with reading could have been addressed at a much younger age....
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Suburban Mosaic: Islamic convention will bring 20,000 people to RosemontAug 21, 2023 5:30 am - In two weeks, more than 20,000 Muslims from across North America and the world are expected to converge on Rosemont for a four-day Islamic convention - one of the larges...
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Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in publicAug 17, 2023 1:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan - Women lose value if men can see their uncovered faces in public, a spokesman for a key ministry of Afghanistan's Taliban government said Thursday, a...
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Why there's an acute need for minority organ, tissue and eye donorsAug 14, 2023 5:30 am - The need for organ, tissue and eye donors from minority communities remains critical, says a suburban group highlighting the shortage during National Minority Donor Awar...
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Florida education commissioner skips forum on criticized Black history standardsAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Leaders of a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history encouraged parents to let their discontent be heard by showing up at local...
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Harper marks 50 years of helping students with disabilitiesAug 08, 2023 11:00 pm - With a legacy of 50 years of service to Harper College and the Harper community, the Office of Access and Disability Services (ADS) has a long history of putting student...
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Elgin-area barbershops offer free back-to-school haircuts for students in needAug 07, 2023 5:30 am - Several Elgin-area barbershops again are partnering with the Boys and Girls Club of Elgin to offer free back-to-school haircuts for students in need. Haircuts and hairdo...
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Pritzker signs bills mandating teaching of Native American history, repatriating remainsAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a package of bills extending cultural protections to Native Americans in Illinois and requiring the teaching of Native American history in ...
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Burnout, low pay and politics are driving away teachers. Turnover is soaring for educators of colorAug 02, 2023 1:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rhonda Hicks could have kept working into her 60s. She loved teaching and loved her students in Philadelphia's public schools. As a Black woman, she to...
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Harper College, area high school districts collaborate on Equity Literacy ProjectJul 25, 2023 11:00 pm - Harper, area educators work on Equity Literacy Project to aid teachers, students