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Students tell Stevenson board the TEACH Act isn’t fully implemented; ask district to adopt student demands
Summary
Students and a Hana Center coordinator asked the Adlai E. Stevenson HSD 125 board to fully implement the 2021 TEACH Act, urging curricular expansion, new classes, professional development and use of shared lesson resources. Speakers said the law’s goals remain unmet locally.
At the Adlai E. Stevenson HSD 125 Board of Education meeting, students and a HANA Center representative urged the district to finish implementing the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEACH) Act and adopt a set of student-drafted demands.
"We deserve an education that tells a full story and not just parts of it," said Marla Simpson Dargle, a Stevenson sophomore and member of the Suburban Youth Council, during public comment. She said her classroom experience reduced Asian American history to a few events and stereotypes rather than a full accounting of cultural contributions, leadership and innovation.
The presentations cited the…
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