Laura Martinez first grasped the power of teaching as a teenager growing up in Mexico. Tasked with volunteering in her community for a high school civics class, Martinez, then 15, chose to tutor more than 80 third-graders who were behind academically. Within three months, she taught most students in her Saturday-morning extra-help sessions how to
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A new Illinois law, HB 1633, mandates that every public school shall include a unit of instruction studying the events of the Native American experience and history within the Midwest and the state. As a result of HB 1633’s implementation, a group of educators recognized a critical need due to a gap in curriculum and took action to organize a professional development event in response through support from a College of Education SEED grant.