The percentage of Willard Elementary third graders not proficient in reading dropped 29% in one year, a change likely to help adults in charge much more than students and families.  It was 2016 when mostly new River Forest district 90 board members began voting to elevate social programs above curriculum and instruction. One change was adopting the debunked Lucy Calkins Units of Study curriculum.  The impact on learning was both sudden and sustained and dwarfed declines from

River Forest Teachers did not accept the latest terms of a negotiated contract in voting that started Monday December 1, 2025. Formal negotiations between District 90 and the River Forest Education Association (RFEA, local teachers union) began in April 2025. The previous contract expired on August 15 th , 2025. District 90 pointed to teachers as the barrier in a recent social media post saying: “This past week, members of the River Forest Education Association (RFEA) voted o

River Forest district 90 has eleven agents from three separate firms under contract as the district negotiates the next teachers’...

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