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Child Advocacy Group Wants Lawmakers To Picture Outcomes From 'Institutional Racism'

The Chicago-based child advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children wants Illinois lawmakers to consider how their policies might worsen racial and ethnic…

Dashawn Julion (center) poses with his mother, Leisha Julion, and his 13-year-old brother Larry at the Black Congratulatory ceremony.

Education Desk

Ceremony For Black Grads 'Steeped In Our Tradition'

Dusty Rhodes

Commencement ceremonies took place on many college campuses this past weekend, including the University of Illinois. Our Education Desk reporter takes us…

Government & Politics

A Diversity Check Of Illinois' RNC Delegation

Amanda Vinicky

The GOP has been talking for years about the need to do more minority outreach: Illinois leaders like former Governor Jim Edgar said at the Republican…

At East Alton-Wood River High School, as well in schools across the state, the measurement of academic improvement is based on a single test given over two days once a year. “It’s silly to measure a school’s performance by that,” says the Superintendent.

Illinois Schools' Collective Student Body: More Diverse, More Poor

Amanda Vinicky

The makeup of Illinois schools is changing. If you moved every desk, from every Illinois school, into one giant classroom, more than half of the kids in…

Minority Groups Courted Before Redistricting Lawsuit

Amanda Vinicky

A lawsuit seeking to keep two citizen's initiatives from ever coming before voters has been filed. Although the case makes no mention of how it will…

State of the State: Settlement Points to Minorities as Targets for Subprime Loans

Jamey Dunn-Thomason

A recent federal settlement on discriminatory lending practices was the biggest of its kind to date and speaks to a larger issue within the foreclosure…