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Dr. Angela Tucker (pictured) took over as principal of Esmond Elementary in 2005 when the school was under-performing and being looked at for permanent closure. Today, the school is rated as level 1+ which is the highest performance rating a Chicago Public School can receive. Photo Credit: Provided by Dr. Angela Tucker

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NEWS briefly EDUCATION

ILLINOIS YMCA YOUTH AND GOVERNMENT CELEBRATES THEIR 70TH YEAR OF TEACHING DEMOCRACY Illinois YMCA Youth and Government recently celebrated their 70th year of teaching democracy through a hands-on learning experience where students across the state took on the actual roles of state government. On, March 15-17, more than 1,000 teens and over 200 volunteers from across Illinois converged on Springfield and “took over” the Capitol and Supreme Court Buildings and ran a model legislative and judicial program where students sat in their counterparts’ actual seats — from the Governor’s office where the Youth Governor held meetings and signed bills, to the House and Senate Chambers where students tried their hand at getting their bills passed and all the way to the Supreme Court where they argued cases and decided on mock appeals. Additionally, students took on the roles of the media, lobbyists and participated in a State Issues Forum to give the experience a complete and well rounded feel. The Assembly acts as the culmination of the IL YMCA Youth and Government program — a year-round civic engagement and service learning experience that offers high school age teens from across Illinois the opportunity to participate in a student–run model government program.

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NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION’S 2019 SLEEP IN AMERICA® POLL SHOWS DISCIPLINED SLEEPERS REAP REWARD The National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) annual Sleep in America® poll shows that disciplined sleepers can afford the occasional shift of at least one-hour in their sleep schedules without paying the price the following day. These individuals also scored an average of 6 to 11 points higher on the Foundation’s Sleep Health Index® than those with the most variable sleep timing, indicating notably better sleep health. The 2019 Sleep in America poll shows a strong correlation between sleep schedule consistency and feeling well-rested the following morning. When contrasting the most disciplined sleepers to those with the most variable sleep schedules, those with the strictest schedules were nearly 1.5 times more likely to report feeling well-rested. In fact, those with excellent sleep health are nearly 3.5 times more likely to report feeling well-rested on a typical weekday than those with poor sleep health.

LAW & POLITICS

EARLY EVIDENCE SUGGESTS MORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR WHERE MARIJUANA SALES ARE LEGAL U.S. auto insurers are examining how recreational marijuana is impacting motorist behavior and claims-filing patterns, according to a new Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) white paper. A Rocky Road So Far: Recreational Marijuana and Impaired Driving explores marijuana impairment’s impact on a motorist’s driving abilities, how states deal with marijuana-impaired motorists, and marijuana’s broader implications for U.S. roadway safety. Early results aren’t promising, the I.I.I. found. There are signs legalizing recreational marijuana pushes accident rates higher, while it can be difficult to detect whether a driver is high on marijuana. There is currently no ‘breathalyzer’ equivalent for marijuana impairment,” write I.I.I.’s Chief Actuary James Lynch and I.I.I.’s Senior Research Specialist Lucian McMahon, the white paper’s co-authors, referring to the device which detects alcohol-impaired motorists. Moreover, when a motorist consumes both alcohol and marijuana, and then drives, that motorist is 25 times more likely than a sober one to be involved in a fatal accident, the I.I.I.’s white paper notes, pointing to a 2017 study in Injury Epidemiology.

South Side Principal Brings School From The Verge Of Closing To A Level 1+ Rating Continued from page 1 BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

At one point, Esmond Elementary in the Morgan Park neighborhood was under-performing and on the verge of being closed permanently. Where many educators would have looked at Esmond as a lost cause, Dr. Angela Tucker saw the school as an exciting and challenging opportunity when she signed the contract to take over as Principal in 2005. Dr. Tucker has a Bachelors degree in special education with a minor in speech communications, a Master degree in educational administration, and a Doctorate of Education. She has over 20 years of experience in the Chicago Public School system where she has worked as a substitute teacher, a special education teacher, an after-school director, an assistant principal, and now as a building principal. “I wanted to become a principal because I knew that at that platform, I would be in charge and I would be the

one to delegate the best practices for all kids and to make sure that not only the kids got best practices but that the teachers would also receive the support they need,” said Tucker. In 2005, when Dr. Tucker took over as principal, Esmond Elementary was on academic probation which meant that they had a very low percentage of students that were proficient in reading and math. “This school was actually on probation and slated to close when I went there so I said, ‘I just got a contract and I’m not looking to go anywhere else so we got to do something about this,’” said Tucker. “I went in with an action plan and with the mindset of looking at the individual needs of the children.” As soon as she took over as principal, she went straight to the students to ask them how they thought the school could work better for them. “I met with the children first because I wanted to find out what they needed most and find out what services they felt needed to be added to the school

improvement plan. Once I did that, I became connected to the community because the kids were telling their moms and dads about this new principal that was actually talking to them,” said Tucker. She then went to the teachers to find out what they needed to be able to be the best teachers they could be for the students at Esmond Elementary. “I sent questionnaires to the teachers just asking them for three things that a new principal needs to know about the school. Everyone was as open and honest as they could be and I surveyed that data and took a look at it and I began to create a mission and vision around what the teachers and students said,” said Tucker. Through these two seemingly simple initiatives, Tucker was able to build a plan for Esmond Elementary that allowed each student to have a better learning experience which brought the school from the verge of closure to receiving a level 1+ rating which is the highest performance rating a Chicago Public School can receive.

Census Bureau Unveils 2020 Census Communications Campaign Platform As promotional and outreach activities are ramping up across the nation ahead of the 2020 Census — from establishing local and state complete count committees, to diverse partners coming together to reduce the undercount of children and other hard to count populations — the U.S. Census Bureau recently announced its long-planned communications campaign platform: “Shape your future. START HERE.” “We undertook an unprecedented amount of research to help us learn more about what potential barriers, attitudes and motivators America had about participating in the upcoming census,” said Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham. “The 2020 platform arose from that research, and has been rigorously tested to ensure that our campaign effectively communicates that when the public responds to the 2020 Census, they will know

they are helping to shape the future of their community for the next 10 years.” The Census Bureau and VMLY&R — the Census Bureau’s communications contractor — tested the platform in multiple languages and in diverse focus groups across the country. The resulting research was paired with the expertise of VMLY&R’s multicultural advertising agencies, seasoned in reaching diverse audiences. The 2020 Census advertising campaign will be in English and 12 other languages. The “Shape your future. START HERE.” platform will be incorporated across Census Bureau outreach and partnership awareness materials beginning this April, and then more broadly when the 2020 Census advertising campaign launches in Janu-

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ary 2020. In this image, the tagline points to the 2020 Census logo reinforcing the message that the public can shape the future of their community by responding to the 2020 Census. The availability of the creative platform will help guide outreach efforts being planned by states, local communities and nonprofit organizations. In addition, it allows partners to determine how they can complement the $500 million communications campaign created by the Census Bureau and VMLY&R. This is the third decennial census to include a dedicated advertising and communications operation. In the 2000 and 2010 Censuses, the Census Bureau also utilized advertising, partnership and communications campaigns

to increase awareness and participation in the count. Higher self-response rates increase the accuracy of the census and s ave taxpayer money by lowering census follow-up costs for nonresponding households. The Census Bureau and VMLY&R are in the process of developing creative materials under the “Shape your future. START HERE.” platform. Those creative materials will be tested extensively around the country before they are built into ads for placement. The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census of the population be conducted once every 10 years for the purposes of reapportioning Congress. Census data is also used to determine how more than $675 billion in federal funds are distributed back to states and local communities every year for services and infrastructure, including health care, jobs, schools, roads and businesses.

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NEWS Community Task Forces Give Updates On Progress At Quality of Life Planning Meeting BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Teamwork Englewood, a local nonprofit organization, recently held a quarterly meeting to give residents and community stakeholders an update on the work that is being done in the neighborhood as a result of the Englewood Quality of Life Plan. The Englewood Quality of Life Plan was first created in 2005 and in 2016, the community reconvened to create an updated Quality of Life Plan that would benefit the community and preserve its history. Five task forces were created to address the major issues that were most important to the residents and each task force developed it’s own goals and strategies to address the issue that they are responsible for resolving. “The Englewood Quality of Life Plan allowed for residents to lead a long-term visioning process around the issue areas that impact them,” said Cecile DeMello, Englewood Quality of Life Plan program manager at Teamwork Englewood. The five task forces that are operating as part of the Englewood Quality of Life Plan are the education

A quarterly meeting was recently held to give updates on the work that is being done as a result of the Englewood Quality of Life Plan. Photo Credit: Teamwork Englewood

and youth task force, the health and wellness task force, the housing and public spaces task force, the jobs and economic development task force, and the public safety task force. During the recent meeting, each task force was invited to share their goals, accomplishments, and current projects with the community.

“Our health and wellness task force is starting to hire outreach teams in the community to do doorto-door organizing around getting people information about common health ailments and supporting them in getting to a local hospital or clinic for ongoing care,” said DeMello. The public safety task force shared

that they have three major projects that they are working on in 2019. “One of the public safety projects is a mental health awareness campaign in the community where they are reaching out to as many residents as possible to notify them about trauma and it’s impact in the community and then connecting them with local

resources,” said DeMello. The housing and public spaces task force announced that they have been working with legislators to find a solution to what DeMello called “zombie properties.” Zombie properties are vacant homes or businesses that can’t be repurposed because it isn’t clear who owns the property. These types of properties have a negative impact on property values and can increase violence and crime, according to DeMello. Aside from simply resolving community issues, the Englewood Quality of Life Plan is meant to build up community organizations and leaders to create a sustainable and long-lasting impact on the neighborhood. “We are developing leadership with residents and supporting organizations in Englewood to become stronger so that the work that we are doing is sustainable. You can create programs and you can change policy but if you don’t have residents and groups who are able to ensure the implementation is effective and really addressing the issues around the community then you just tend to have a lot of false starts,” said DeMello.

COMMENTARY

Demystifying Student Performance Via Parental Engagement BY SHARONICA NELSON Ed.D. Professor, Professional Education Consultant, Author

Once students reach middle school, parents often become less engaged with their child’s academic environment. They don’t walk them in the school’s doors anymore, they don’t communicate as often with teachers, and they are less like to visit the school unless there is a special program or sporting event after hours. This is especially true for African American parents. As a former classroom teacher in an urban, predominantly Black school, I have first-hand knowledge of this. During middle school, school becomes more or less a mystery to parents. However, under Every Student Succeeds Act, there is a push for parents to be more involved with academic environment of their child. Studies show that when parents are more actively involved in their child’s schools, the child tends to perform better academically. Therefore, parental engagement is an important concept of discussion in terms of African American children’s performance. Although parental engagement has a strong correlation to student academic performance and achievement, why is it that African

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American parents appear disproportionately less engaged than parents of other races? Studies have shown that there are many factors that may hinder Black parents from being active in their child’s schooling. Factors include lacking confidence when speaking to education professionals or fear of seeming incompetent, being the sole provider in the household with work hours that conflict with school hours, and not knowing how to approach school officials with proper questions specific to individual child concerns. These and many other nuisances keep Black parents from approaching schools to be more active in their child’s academic career. Nevertheless, for the sake of maximum student

success and potential, it is important that parents are actively engaged in their child’s schooling. It is imperative that Black parents are not only involved but also engaged in their child’s schools. Parents must not only be involved through participating in school-planned functions, but they must also create their own spaces and opportunities for active engagement to demystify student performance. There are many ways to do so, which include: 1. Use school system provided platforms to keep up with grades. The school system may provide this service for free, and it may be associated with a special code or password for log in. Parents should check with the school secretary for information www.thechicagocitizen.com

on this. Frequently checking student grades and holding them accountable for their grades can send strong messages to students in terms of performance. 2. Know when reports cards are due.School systems may send home a calendar with this information, they may provide automated calls as a reminder, and the dates may be readily accessible on the school system website. It is ultimately up to the parents to stay abreast of report cards and not wait until the last grading quarter to show concern over grades. It’s too late then. 3. Email teachers.Email is a quick form of communication that most people use directly from their phones. Most teachers use emails frequently. Make use of this to maintain constant contact and communication with your child’s teacher. Most teachers prefer to hear from parents with concerns of student progress and would happily engage to inform parents concerning their children. 4. Check teacher webpages. Many teachers have webpages that they frequently update with pertinent information pertaining to their classroom. This information may include due dates, skills and concepts to be covered, and materials needed for upcoming projects and assignments. 5. Create a parent network. Many

parents may not have the time or resources to be involved with the formal PTA (Parent Teacher Association). They may decide to create social media groups that keep all parents abreast of current happenings within the school. This could be a simple, easy way to connect to other parents of students within same educational setting for accurate, current information concerning the child’s school. Regardless, of the age or grade of a parent’s child, parents have a right to know about the current happenings of the classroom and school. However, the school and parent relationship shouldn’t be one-sided with school doing all of the work in terms of providing the opportunities for parents to become engaged. Parents must understand the importance of their involvement in their child’s educational trajectory, take the reins, and create their opportunities for being actively involved. Although, middle school is the time when most parents become less engaged in the child’s school, it should be a time when parents maintain engagement. To demystify further, parent involvement weighs heavily on children’s performance. And simply put, children need to see parents in their academic spaces for better performance, even in middle school and beyond.

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BUSINESS Progress for working women has stalled, according to The Economist’s 2019 glass-ceiling index Despite growing attention to the gender pay gap, the #MeToo movement and calls to improve opportunities for women in the workplace over the past year, The Economist’s 2019 glass-ceiling index (GCI) suggests that progress for women in the workplace has stalled. The GCI is a yearly assessment of where women have the best and worst chances of equal treatment at work in countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a group of mostly rich countries.

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in senior jobs to create a ranking of 29 OECD countries, shows that the Nordic countries are still the best places to work if you are a woman. The Nordics are particularly good at helping women complete university, secure a job, access senior positions, and take advantage of quality parentalleave systems and flexible work schedules. Turkey, Japan and South Korea continue to rank as the worst places to be a working woman in The Economist’s glass-ceiling index. Societal norms in Asia still expect women to choose between having a family or a career. The index does reflect a few bright spots this year, including women in governmental positions of power. Spain’s prime minister appointed the first female-majority cabinet since the country returned to a democracy in 1975. More American women than ever were voted into Congress during the 2018 mid-term elections. Theresa May and Angela Merkel still hold their respective countries’ highest office, which may inspire more women to run for election.

Highlights of this year’s index: The gender pay gap remains largely unchanged at around 14% l The share of women in the labour force has crept slightly higher to 64%, but this is still 16 percentage points below the male average l The share of women in management has flatlined since last year at 32% l Fewer women took the GMAT business-school entry exams, but this is in line with an overall fall in both men and women taking the test l The share of women on company boards slightly increased to 23% This is the seventh year that The Economist has released its glass-ceiling index. When it was launched in 2013 there were five indicators and 26 countries; today it consists of ten indicators including maternity and paternity leave for 29 OECD countries. To view the full interactive index, please visit: https:// www.economist.com/graphicdetail/2019/03/08/the-glassceiling-index l

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NEWS

Survey shows teacher shortages growing throughout Illinois Consequences include larger classes, canceled programs, use of unqualified teachers BY PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – The shortage of teachers in Illinois has gotten more serious over the past year, reaching into virtually every subject area and region of the state, and forcing schools to either cancel programs, enlarge class sizes or use teachers who are not fully licensed in a particular subject area. Those are the conclusions of a new report released Monday from the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools, which was based on survey responses from 527 of the 858 district superintendents in Illinois. Of those, the report said, 85 percent reported experiencing some level of teacher shortage this year, up from 78 percent in a similar survey conducted in 2017. Nearly one-third (32 percent) reported a “serious” shortage. Nearly two-thirds of those responding (63 percent) also reported having a “serious shortage” of substitute teachers. As a result, the report stated, the superintendents who responded to the survey reported a total of 1,032 vacant positions that still had not been filled by the time classes started last fall, or were filled by people who were not fully qualified for the position. “Ultimately, what’s not really stated in there,

is that there are about 120,000 kids who are being impacted directly by positions that are going unfilled this year,” said Kelton Davis, the regional superintendent for Monroe and Randolph counties, and chairman of the regional superintendents association. The report said shortages were reported in almost every subject area, with foreign languages, various special education fields and computer science leading the list of classroom subjects. There were also significant shortages of school psychologists and library and media specialists. Shortages were also reported in every region of the state, although they were more severe in southern and central Illinois than in the suburban districts around Chicago. In southern Illinois, 94 districts reported seeing “significantly fewer qualified applicants” than they did five years ago. That compares with 90 percent of the districts in central Illinois; 78 percent in northwest Illinois; and only 42 percent in the Cook County and surrounding suburbs. As a result of those shortages, the report said 99 districts reported canceling a total of 225 course offerings due to a lack of qualified teachers, while 86 districts reported converting more

than 200 classes to online learning because they lacked a qualified teacher for the subject. Davis, however, said he knows of many districts that have resorted to putting more students into a classroom, or using teachers who are working with a temporary license or an emergency substitute license to fill in gaps. Nancy Latham, executive director of the Council on Teacher Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, said it’s difficult to pinpoint all of the causes of the growing teacher shortage. One of the factors, she said, is that there are more teachers from the “baby boom” generation now retiring than there are young people graduating from schools of education. And a big part of that, she said, is about money. She noted that more than 90 percent of the vacancies reported in 2017 were in schools that received “below-adequate” funding and which had been reducing their staff in recent years. But another factor, she said, is that the teaching profession no longer has the same kind of allure it once enjoyed. “If you look at the national media reports over the last five years, the profession has taken

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a hit,” she said. In fact, the report referenced a 2018 poll by Phi Delta Kappa, a nationwide professional organization for educators, which found that 54 percent of the adults it surveyed said they would not want their children taking up teaching as a career – the first time a majority of respondents said that in the 50-year history of the survey. Democratic state Sen. Andy Manar, of Bunker Hill, commented about the report on Twitter, saying the report bolsters his argument in favor of a bill he is sponsoring to phase in an increase in the minimum wage for full-time teachers to $40,000 by the 2023-2024 school year. Davis, however, said there are many districts that could not afford to do that without significantly more state funding, or raising local property taxes. The report recommends the state take at least three steps to address the shortages: streamlining the process for obtaining substitute teacher licenses, especially for retired teachers who want to go back to work in their old districts; expanding programs for developing new teachers, such as the Grow Your Own Teacher program; and gathering more data to more accurately predict, by district, where shortages will occur and to identify unique challenges facing each district.

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No security deposit required. Tax, title, license, dealer extra. Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles. At participating dealers only.

PLUS, CURRENT ELIGIBLE NON-GM OWNERS/LESSEES RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $1500 ALLOWANCE 2 TOWARD THE LEASE OF A NEW 2019 XT5.

1. Example based on national average vehicle selling price. Each dealer sets its own price. Your payments may vary. Payments are for a 2019 XT5 Luxury Collection with an MSRP of $49,490. 39 monthly payments total $15,951. Payments may be higher in some states. Option to purchase at lease end for an amount to be determined at lease signing. GM Financial must approve lease. Take retail delivery by 4/1/19. Mileage charge of $.25/mile over 32,500 miles. Lessee pays for maintenance, repair, excess wear and disposition fee of $595 or less at end of lease. Not available with some other offers. 2. Must be a current owner or lessee of a 1999 model year or newer non-GM vehicle for at least 30 days prior to the new vehicle sale. Not available with some other offers. Take retail delivery by 4/30/19. See dealer for details. © 2019 General Motors. All Rights Reserved. Cadillac® XT5®