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PEORIA, Ill. - It might be an understatement, but teachers in Peoria County are in short supply. But the same can be said state-wide. A new report ind...
PEORIA, Ill. - It might be an understatement, but teachers in Peoria County are in short supply. But the same can be said state-wide. A new report ind...
PEORIA (WEEK) -- Teachers across Illinois are preparing for a more diverse approach to history starting in the fall of 2022. The governor signed a mandate last week to add Asian-American history to all public schools in Illinois and Peoria will soon take part. District 150 must find primary sources for that instruction such as documents, photos or even those who participated in historical events to meet these new mandated state requirements. Regional superintendent Beth Crider says dialogue like this is crucial for representation in the classroom, and is hopeful that the narrative of histor...
PEORIA — Gay and transgender people have made great contributions to society throughout history, but their stories are rarely told. That will change this fall when teachers in Peoria Public Schools District 150 start using curriculum created by The Legacy Project, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to researching and promoting the contributions lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people have made to world history and culture. Students will have the opportunity to learn about Albert D.J. Cashier, who was named Jennie Hodgers at birth. He emigrated to the U.S. from Ireland a...
Brant Adreon, right, receives the first COVID-19 vaccine dose in the Dunlap High School library, where OSF HealthCare set up a clinic on Thursday, April 29, 2021. COVID-19 vaccination clinics began this week in several Peoria County school districts. But the uptake varies significantly by community. Amid rising case counts among younger people, Peoria City/County Health Department Administrator Monica Hendrickson says she wanted to get the Pfizer vaccine to teens as quickly as possible. So her office worked with the region's two major health care systems to set up in-school clinics. "It's ag...