River Forest District 90’s commitment to “lowering the ceiling” on students and families became clearer recently after E3 learned Alison...

The River Forest District 90 board voted unanimously at their April 17, 2023 meeting in favor of spending $92,100.80 now to fund five...

River Forest District 90 administrators reported plans to violate their own student to teacher ratio formula in a way favoring...

Asst. Superintendent of Instruction Alison Hawley told District 90 board members “there is tension around phonics”. In recounting her...

River Forest District 90 spent approximately $375,000 between April 2019 and April 2022 on a reading curriculum, teacher training, and...

One hundred twelve of the 118 “on benchmark” books recently purchased from Heinemann for 7th graders were below 7th grade reading level,...

Both Lincoln and Willard Elementary Schools in River Forest District 90 enjoyed the Illinois State Board of Education’s highest rank,...

Measures of River Forest student achievement in reading were steadily rising until 2016 when the Board decided it was time to “take the...

The State of Illinois created a Balanced Accountability Measure Committee to change standards for State summative designations of school...

“Data from Oak Park show that this reform (equity) has lowered the achievement of students denied acceleration without improving outcomes...

River Forest District 90 has widened the racial achievement gap following an equity-based initiative called The Crosswalk. Declines for...

The E3 Group was launched with a lecture and Q&A at the RF Community Center by Dr. Tim Shanahan, one of the nation’s leading experts on...

Now, everyone knows great stories benefit from great villains, and it is no wonder OPRF HS Superintendent Greg Johnson has real trouble...

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Journeys was the River Forest District 90 reading curriculum up until 2016 and before the Board of Education...

A closer examination of the evidence presented by the OPRF administration finds it's not exactly as depicted; one author comments.

There seems a systemic quieting of teacher voice that’s occurring and thankfully one link that connects you is the Illinois 5E's survey.

Districts are busy hammering out plans for the 2020-21 school year as families wait to learn whether it’s a return to remote learning, a...

Standards Based Grading (SBG) is a proficiency-based grading system administrators are considering to replace the familiar 0-100 and A to F.

Phonics programs under consideration partially meet expectations for alignment to standards and research based practices.

You’re invited to the next outreach event in the E3 Expert Lecture Series.