How suburban educators are responding to state’s call for culturally inclusive instruction – Daily Herald*

"In schools now, we are still talking about slavery. That was 200 years ago," said Marcus Belin, principal of Huntley High School who is Black and is part of the Illinois State Board of Education's Black History Curriculum Task Force. "That's not changing kids' perceptions about ... social justice. Let's talk about protests. It needs to be more contemporary. Kids go to school and wonder 'Why am I learning this?'"