Here s a roundup of key questions raised this week about redistricting.
Why is Illinois talking about redistricting now?
The U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 data on Monday telling each state how many of the 435 seats in Congress they will have.
Every state gets at least one House seat. The rest are apportioned based on a state s population. States that lose population, according to the Census, are at risk of losing seats, those that gain residents can add seats. The U.S. Supreme Court requires that all Congressional Districts be roughly equal in population.
Illinois will lose one of its 17 congressional districts and saw a decrease of more than 18,000 people since 2010, according to the bureau s calculations. That means when a new Congress is seated in 2023, the state will have one fewer representative in the House.
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D214 Future Educators Conference highlights partnerships and possibilities District 214
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A pandemic initially expected to affect schools for a few weeks had dragged on for months. The circumstances were challenging the patience and resilience of students and teachers alike and impeding District 214 s usual practice of placing students in work-based learning experiences.
Against that backdrop, Director of Academic Programs and Pathways Megan Knight and Barbara Kain, the incoming Supervisor for Teaching and Learning, gathered at the drawing board, looking to create an elevated and unique learning experience for students in District 214 s Education Career Pathway.
What they designed and executed - with invaluable contributions from teachers and the District s higher education partners - was a resoundingly successful Future Educators Conference. The virtual event in late January drew almost 300 students for one or more of 19 available sess
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Ryan P. Burge: The Nones
Shmuel Rosner is an Israeli columnist, editor, and researcher. He is the editor of the research and data-journalism website themadad.com, and is the political editor of the Jewish Journal.
Dr. Burge (PhD, Southern Illinois University) teaches at Eastern Illinois University in a variety of areas, including American institutions, political behavior, and research methods. My research focuses largely on the intersection between religiosity and political behavior (especially in the American context).
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