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Three firms and eleven agents – River Forest District 90 squares off against teachers
River Forest district 90 has eleven agents from three separate firms under contract as the district negotiates the next teachers’...
The E3 Group
Oct 83 min read
River Forest Teachers teeter on a strike vote – how much is explained by mismanagement
Teacher salary is the headline, but how much has mismanagement under diversity equity and inclusion ( DEI ) sullied staffing...
The E3 Group
Sep 284 min read
Early sign of a lagging indicator of school quality – River Forest district 90 enrollment below expectations
Amid continued enrollment declines in River Forest district 90, a new trend emerged suggesting students are exiting middle school more...
The E3 Group
Sep 143 min read
Six full-time staff for every student – Is teacher salary the only bone of contention in River Forest district 90?
Teachers in River Forest, IL district 90 showed up to work again this week without a contract, and while teacher salary is one...
The E3 Group
Sep 103 min read
“Equity” comes for teachers – academic growth no longer a mandatory factor in principal and teacher performance evaluations
Illinois K-12 school districts are no longer required to incorporate student academic growth as a significant factor in the performance...
The E3 Group
Aug 252 min read
OPRF high school hires curriculum director from Homewood-Flossmoor
OPRF high school officials looked to under-performing Homewood-Flossmoor high school to refill the role of assistant superintendent of...
The E3 Group
Jun 182 min read
Laurie Fiorenza resigns from OPRF high school, and River Forest’s foolish iron curtain
Oak Park and River Forest high school’s assistant superintendent for student learning has resigned, just months before district ACT test...
The E3 Group
May 225 min read
More details on U.S. Dept. Ed. dollars behind OPRF detracking and what you had to say about the purpose of schools
Records show OPRF high school was one location in a 2016 $29.4MM award by the U.S. Dept. Education award to the American Institutes For...
The E3 Group
Mar 214 min read
lies, damned lies, and Tiers: how it is possible to say “evidence-based practice” and not mean it
It is only now that parents and families are beginning to realize how wrong it is for school officials to say “evidence-based practice”...
The E3 Group
Mar 143 min read
Highest gap in test scores between poor/non-poor students - River Forest district 90
River Forest district 90 produced the largest achievement gap in district history in 2024, nearly doubling the state’s average gap in...
The E3 Group
Mar 55 min read
River Forest District 90 learning rates lowest for poor, white, male students
River Forest District 90 learning rates in poor, white, and male students ranked below the national average, lowest among eight other...
The E3 Group
Feb 284 min read
District 90 learning rates below the national average six of the last eight years
Learning rates in River Forest district 90 were lower than the national average during six of the last eight years, making this wealthy...
The E3 Group
Feb 144 min read
$872,747 on two “equity” vendors - The high cost of River Forest D90’s lower ceiling
Records show $621,204 was sent to Heinemann from River Forest district 90 school officials between 2016 and 2024 as literacy rates took a...
The E3 Group
Feb 52 min read
Emails show River Forest school officials using gender gap as reason for Lucy Calkins literacy
Emily Hanford’s award-winning investigation into a flawed theory of teaching literacy didn’t just put a nail in the ‘reading...
The E3 Group
Feb 35 min read
The inescapable truth of unserious school board candidates
It is happening again in Oak Park and River Forest; a candidate for OPRF district 200 high school board is in the race because he was...
The E3 Group
Jan 274 min read
Does “synching to OPRF” require breaking the law – Oak Park District 97’s double acceleration dilemma
In question is whether Oak Park District 97’s (D97) re-naming part of the math program is meant to hide systemic discrimination against...
The E3 Group
Dec 20, 20244 min read
To sue or not to sue – what will River Forest, IL residents do?
Two Moms in Massachusetts are suing the publisher and authors of the Lucy Calkins Units of Study curriculum because its promoters called...
The E3 Group
Dec 20, 20242 min read
District 90 dumps Lucy, teachers’ take on climate, and a superintendent warning for E3
Like dessert options after a Thanksgiving meal, this newsletter includes three smaller slices on important topics focused on River Forest...
The E3 Group
Nov 30, 20245 min read
Chicago Ave the new achievement gap in River Forest, and what’s behind the Exemplary rating anyway
Rarely do you hear about infidelity in public schools and feel good about the perpetrators. The difference in how teachers at both...
The E3 Group
Nov 20, 20244 min read
We need an Emily Hanford to sort out the good the bad and the ugly on DEI – and we may have found him
It almost always boils down to people doesn’t it, and Emily Hanford and her exhaustive reporting pulled back the curtain on a flawed...
The E3 Group
Oct 23, 20242 min read
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