COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION, Author at Wednesday Journal

OPRF frosh honors program: What comes next

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION June 10, 2025June 10, 2025

In Oak Park and River Forest, we pride ourselves on our work toward open housing and diversity, which started back in the 1960s. Building on that legacy, over the past 10 years Oak Park and River Forest High School has worked to better support the wide variety of students who call our community home – […]

Letters To The Editor, Opinion

Thanks for recognizing Anthony Clark’s impact

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Doing the right thing by students

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

Takeaways on OPRF’s freshman detracking

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION October 10, 2023October 10, 2023

Remembering our past, changing our future

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Missing from OPRF’s racial equity assessment

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

OPRF’s Project 2 demands a true racial equity assessment

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

Making OPRF’s frosh restructuring work

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION November 1, 2022November 1, 2022

Move forward with curriculum equity

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION October 19, 2021October 19, 2021

D200 election and racial equity progress

by COMMITTEE FOR EQUITY & EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

Driver fatally shoots themselves after crashing into Pace bus in Oak Park April 3, 2026
A driver fatally shot themselves after crashing into a Pace bus in Oak Park, leaving more than a dozen others injured. The incident occurred at the… Read more: Driver fatally shoots themselves after crashing into Pace bus in Oak Park
Village will study impact of Historic Districts on local development April 2, 2026
Oak Park staff will study the impact that Oak Park’s historic districts have on construction in connection with village leaders push to encourage more… Read more: Village will study impact of Historic Districts on local development
DOJ calls ‘Broadview 6’ defense ‘paranoid,’ ‘delusional’ April 2, 2026
Federal prosecutors responded dubiously this week to Oak Park Trustee Brian Straw’s attorneys’ request that any record of White House officials encouraging criminal charges for the “Broadview 6” be turned over. No record of White… Read more: DOJ calls ‘Broadview 6’ defense ‘paranoid,’ ‘delusional’
OPRF boys track seeks same high standards with new faces April 2, 2026
Like many Oak Park and River Forest High School boys track and field athletes, senior Jonathan Sibley-Diggs knows how to… Read more: OPRF boys track seeks same high standards with new faces
Wider bridges over I-290 topic of community meeting Tuesday April 2, 2026
Local leaders are taking another stab at redeveloping infrastructure around the Eisenhower Expressway, and Oak Park residents are invited to take part… Read more: Wider bridges over I-290 topic of community meeting Tuesday