Catrina Barker

1 month ago | readlion.com | Catrina Barker |Casey Harper |Reagan Reese |Tyler O’Neil

(The Center Square) – According to Bloomington Public Schools District 87 documents, staff were directed to participate in “Privilege Walks,” where teachers start on a line and take a step forward for each “privilege” they identify with, like being white, a male, having married parents, etc. Illinois state Rep.

2 months ago | news-journal.com | Catrina Barker

(The Center Square) – While the White House rescinded its federal funding freeze, an Illinois lawmaker is echoing the comments president Donald Trump made about the order. Trump said the freeze didn’t affect Social Security and Medicaid. Rather, his administration was looking at parts of the “big bureaucracy” where there has been waste and abuse. Illinois state Rep.

2 months ago | thecentersquare.com | Catrina Barker

(The Center Square) – While the White House rescinded its federal funding freeze, an Illinois lawmaker is echoing the comments president Donald Trump made about the order. Trump said the freeze didn’t affect Social Security and Medicaid. Rather, his administration was looking at parts of the “big bureaucracy” where there has been waste and abuse. Illinois state Rep.

2 months ago | bhpioneer.com | Catrina Barker

(The Center Squad) – The Nation’s Report Card that measures how well students across the country are learning has just been released for 2024. The results for Illinois aren’t good, according to Wirepoints president Ted Dabrowski. Dabrowski said Illinois’ 8th grade students outperforming national averages in both reading and math on “the nation’s report card” is not the metric to be looking at. kAm%96 }2E:@?2= pDD6DD>6?E @7 t5F42E:@?2= !C@8C6DD[ @C }pt![ 92D 366?

2 months ago | advantagenews.com | Catrina Barker

An Illinois congressman is expressing dissatisfaction with the closure of the federal Gun Violence Prevention Office by the Trump administration. U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen supported Florida Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost’s comments on social media where he said, “We fought for years to make this office a reality and lives were saved because of it.