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Teacher raises bias concerns as board adopts new SEL and elementary literacy curricula
Summary
During public comment a Meadowbrook teacher urged mandatory anti‑bias training and warned the district’s new literacy curriculum may lack cultural responsiveness. Later in the meeting the board adopted SEL programs (Everyday Speech, Wayfinder) and the Into Reading elementary literacy program after multi‑year review and pilot work.
A Meadowbrook teacher told the Northbrook School District 28 board she believes race, racism and unexamined bias affected staff actions earlier in the school year and urged the district to fund mandatory anti‑bias training. “If one of our few staff members of color was made to feel unsafe, I fear the message sent to students of color about their own safety,” said Jess Lipschitz, who identified herself as a Meadowbrook teacher and said she spoke for herself only.
Lipschitz also criticized the district’s recently selected elementary literacy curriculum, saying it is “known for not…
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