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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
18 minutes ago2 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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$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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Radical and regressive, but inspired by cultural Marxism? E3 applies the duck-test
They called it a “fundamental transformation” of River Forest public schools in 2016, and bringing back constructivism was tantamount to...
The E3 Group
Oct 18, 20247 min read
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Not allowed to answer questions – superintendent snubs new River Forest director of curriculum and instruction
The 2024-2025 District 90 school year brings with it a new director of curriculum and instruction and a cautious optimism River Forest...
The E3 Group
Oct 13, 20243 min read
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Detracking at OPRF – a tale of two stories, and the one not told last week
One story came from OPRF Asst. Superintendent Laurie Fiorenza to the school board in the form of a “Restructured Freshman Curriculum...
The E3 Group
Sep 19, 20243 min read
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Transparency and rigor under D90’s former curriculum director? Orrington Elem. families may want to know.
Alison Hawley, now going by Alison Schoeffmann, recently resigned from the position of Asst. Superintendent of Instruction in River...
The E3 Group
Jul 10, 20242 min read
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River Forest District 90 Academics Rank Top 50% Among Comparable High Performing Districts
Read D90’s Spring Community Update below and then answer these questions: What is a Summative Designation? When and why did the...
The E3 Group
Jul 10, 20243 min read
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