[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M AMANDA VINICKY.

BRANDIS FRIEDMAN IS ON ASSIGN: ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> WE'RE START THE YEAR WITH A HIGHER NUMBER OF STAFF ESPECIALLY TEACHERS.

>> CLASS IS BACK IN SESSION FOR C.P.S.

STUDENTS TWO WEEKS EARLIER THAN USUAL.

WHAT IS BEHIND THE NEW CALENDAR AND HOW IS THE DISTRICT ADDRESSING STAFF SHORTAGES?

>> PLUS ILLINOIS IS THE FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY BE TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS STARTING HIS SCHOOL YEAR.

HOW EDUCATORS ARE APPROACHING IT IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.

>> A CHICAGO COMMISSION SAYS STATUES OF CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS SHOULD BE GONE PERMANENTLY AND WE LOOK AT THE OTHER CITY MONUMENTS UP FOR DATE.

>> FORD IS CUTTING THOUSANDS AND JOBS THAT AND MORE BUSINESS HEADLINES FROM CRAIN'S.

>> A DISSOLVABLE IMPLANT THAT COULD BE THE FUTURE OF PAIN RELIEF WITHOUT DRUGS THAT AND OTHER SCIENCE STORIES IN THE NEWS.

>> A NEW REPORT CHALLENGES THE IDEA THAT CHICAGO HAS SEEN A DECLINE IN CIVIC ENGAGE.

>> AND A LIBRARY IN GARFIELD PARK GETS NEW WORK FROM ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE.

>> FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BACK IN CLASS AN EARLIER START THAN IN YEARS PAST.

C.P.S.

RESUMES THE DAY AFTER LABOR DAY.

THE MAYOR SPENT THE MORNING AT VOIR ROUSE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WELCOMING STUDENTS BACK.

>> AND THE UNIFYING THREAD BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS DIFFERENT CAMPUSES, DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICSES IS THE EXCITEMENT AND ENTHUSIASM TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL IN-PERSON.

AND, OF COURSE, I'VE BEEN HAPPY TO SEE ALL THE NEW OUTFIT IT IS THE NEW HAIR STYLES, THE GREAT KICKS THAT THE KIDS HAVE BEEN WEARING.

>> AND WE'LL HEAR FROM C.P.S.

C.E.O.

PEDRO MARTINEZ ABOUT COVID PROTOCOLS STAFF SHORTAGES AND MUCH MORE COMING UP IN THE SHOW.

>> THE CHICAGO TEACHERS' UNION'S NEWLY SWORN IN PRESIDENT WILL NOT RUN FOR MAYOR.

THAT'S WHAT STACY DAVIS GATES SAID TODAY BUT SHE ADDED THE NEXT MAYOR SHOULD NOT BE LORI LIGHTFOOT.

>> WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE ONE PERSON WHEN I CAN BE WITH 30,000 OF THEM PUSHING A COALITION WITH THE REST OF CHICAGO.

LOOK CHICAGO KNOWS WHAT IT NEEDS IT NEEDS A PARTNER AN ORGANIZER AND SOMEONE IN LOVE WITH HUMANITY.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND THE TEACHERS' UNION IS GOING TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO GET WHAT WE NEED.

>> PROSECUTORS WERE BACK AT IT IN THE R. KELLY CASE, THE CHICAGO R&B STAR IS CHARGED WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, OBSTRUCT SON OF JUSTICE AND THE ENTICE.

OF MINORS INTO CRIMINAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

A FEDERAL AGENT FOR I.R.S.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION TESTIFIED ABOUT PAYMENTS MADE TO VIRUS PEOPLE TO ALLEGEDLY PROTECT KELLY AGAINST CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES IN 2002 INCLUDING THE PARENTS OF THE STAR'S FORMER GOD DAUGHTER USING THE PSEUDONYM JANE.

THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THREE WEEKS.

>> ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS IS CALLING IT A CAREER.

Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI SAYS HE IS STEPPING DOWN AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN DECEMBER.

HE IS ALSO GIVING UP HIS ROLE AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN.

FAUCI STARTED AT THE INSTITUTE UNDER PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN 38 YEARS AGO.

BEFORE HIS WORK WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HE SPENT DECADES WORKING ON HIV/AIDS.

FAUCI SAYS HE IS NOT RETIRING BUT MOVING INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS CAREER IN SCIENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

>> UP NEXT, ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE HEAD OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS.

STAY WITH US.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> CLASS IS BACK IN SESSION FOR CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ROUGHLY TWO WEEKS EARL WESTFORTH THAN THE USUAL POST LABOR DAY RETURN.

MANY TEACHERS AND OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL THEY WILL SEE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE NEW CHALLENGEDER AND ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITIONS AFTER TWO PANDEMIC MARRED YEARS.

OTHERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FILLING VACANCY AMID SHORTAGES.

HERE TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE IS THE C.E.O.

OF C.P.S.

PEDRO MARTINEZ.

PEDRO MARTINEZ WELCOME BACK TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.

I KNOW YOU WON'T GET OFFICIAL NUMBERS SOME WORRIED THE EARLY START TO THE YEAR COULD DAMPEN ATTENDANCE.

HOW WERE THE NUMBERS?

>> IT'S EARLY BUT OUR ADENNED DANCE NUMBERS ARE INCIDENT WITH PRIOR YEARS.

WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.

>> REMIND US THE RATIONALE STARTING TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO LABOR DAY.

>> PARIS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WE HAD NOT DONE WE DID A SURVEY, THAT SURVEYED STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, ALL STAFF INCLUDING PRINCIPALS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE REASON THIS CALENDAR GOT CHOSEN IS BECAUSE THIS IS A BALANCED CALENDAR.

IT'S END THE FIRST SEMESTER BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

IN THE OLD CALENDARS OUR STUDENTS WOULD GO ON BREAK AND HAVE TO TAKE EXAMS AND THIS AFFECTED HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.

WE SAW VOTES FROM STUDENTS MOSTLY HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS WANTING THIS CALENDAR AND PRINCIPALS WANTED THIS CALENDAR.

PARENTS WERE SPLIT.

SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STARTING EARLIER, WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYONE WE ARE GOING TO GET OUT A WEEK EARLIER.

IN JUNE PEOPLE WILL BE GRATEFUL WE'RE ENDING EARLIER IN JUNE.

>> AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH MOST SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS COVID HAS NOT BEEN THE ONLY DISRUPTION TO LEARNING, BUT LOTS OF LABOR STRIFE.

I KNOW THAT C.P.S.

AND C.T.U.

HAMMERED OUT A SAFETY AGREEMENT THIS YEAR.

ARE YOU PREDICTING SMOOTH SAILING AND UNINTERRUPTED CLASSES?

>> I AM.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE C.T.U.

AND OUR PARTNERS.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS YEAR.

WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT COVID.

OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE STRONGER THAN EVER.

I CAN SENSE THE OPTIMISM IN OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES.

>> WITH THE SAFETY PLAN THE TWO OF YOU AGREED ON STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO ISOLATE IF EXPOSED THEY HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

REMIND US OF THE OTHER POINTS OF THE COVID PROTOCOL.

>> FOR THE BIGGEST CHANGE AND THIS CAME FROM THE C.D.C.

IS WHAT YOU SAID.

IN THE LAST YEAR MANY OF OUR CHILDREN WERE QUARANTINED THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

THE ONLY CHILDREN THAT HAVE TO ISOLATE ARE POSITIVE OR HAVE SYMPTOMS.

WHEN THERE IS A CASE IN THE CLASSROOM ALL CHILDREN HAVE TO WEAR A MASK IN THE 10-DAY PERIOD.

WE ARE ENCOURAGING MASKING BUT WE ARE NOT REQUIRED IT.

WE WILL HAVE SCREENING TESTING AND HOME TESTS AND MASKS AND WE'LL HAVE SUPPLIES AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.

>> AT THIS POINT ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF STUDENTS ARE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19.

WILL C.P.S.

PROMOTE FURTHER VACCINATION FOR KIDS?

>> ABSOLUTELY, PARIS.

WE HAVE OUR FOUR REGIONAL SITES AND 22 CLINICS AND MOBILE EVENTS.

WE LIKE THE PERCENTAGES TO BE HIGHER WE ARE EXCEEDING THE NATION IN EVERY AGE LEVEL AND EVERY MONTH WE'RE SEEING INCREASES IN VACCINATION WITH OUR OLDER STUDENTS.

>> IF THERE IS A CASE EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.

ARE THERE MET PARTICULARS IF THERE IS AN OUTBREAK OR SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE TO BE SHUTDOWN?

>> AN OUTBREAK IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HERE IN THE CITY AND WE WORK WITH THEM ON EVERY CASE.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE SEE MULTIPLE CASES IN CLASSROOM, THE WHOLE CLASSROOM WOULD MASK FOR 10 DAYS AND IT COULD BE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

WE WOULD PUT IN THOSE STEPS AND THEN IN THINGS GOT WORSE WE LOOK AT DOING SOME OTHER MEASURES.

>> I KNOW YOU ARE HAPPY AND TEACHERS ARE HAPPY AND PARENTS HAPPY NO PANDEMIC DISRUPTION SO FAR THIS YEAR.

A LOT OF DATA IS SUGGESTING THAT LEARNING FROM HOME DID CAUSE DISRUPTION TO LEARNING AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS.

WHAT THINGS ARE IN PLACE AT C.P.S.

TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS IN STUDENTS?

>> PARIS, A FEW THINGS.

LAST YEAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR FAMILIES AND STAFF WE SAW STABILIZATION OF THE ACADEMIC MEASUREMENTS AND SOME ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WE'RE STARTING TO SEE UPWARD TICKS OF ACADEMIC PROGRESS.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND CHILDREN GOING TO COLLEGE AND GRADUATION RATES AND WE STABILIZED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

THIS YEAR WE HAVE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF SUPPORT FROM INTERVENTION TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS.

WE ARE INVESTING $25 MILLION IN TUTORS WE WILL HAVE 700 TUTORS IN OUR SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIC COACHES WORKING WITH TEACHERS THAT ARE NEW THAT NEED MORE SUPPORT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE SUPPORT AS WELL AS ROBUST AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

>> AND THIS IS AMID A NATIONWIDE TEACHER AND STAFF SHORTAGE.

900 STAFF POSITIONS NEED TO BE FILLED.

LET'S HEAR WHAT C.T.U.

PRESENT STACY DAVIS GATES HAD TO SAY.

>> WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT PIPELINE.

WE HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS HOW DO WE GET THEM IN A PIPELINE TO BECOME EDUCATORS.

AND MANY OF THESE WOMEN ARE HEADS OF THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND MAKE AN INCOME THAT IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH.

HOW DO WE PUT A STIPEND ON THE EXPERIENCE?

WE KNOW THEY ARE INVESTED.

THEY RETIRE FROM THE SYSTEM LET'S MAKE SURE THEY BECOME TEACHERS.

>> .

>> THE SHORT AM IS BEING FELT IN CLASSROOMS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HOW DO YOU PLAN TO FILL POSITIONS?

>> THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS STRONG PIPELINES.

I AGREE WITH STACY.

WE HAVE A LARGE COHORT OF PARAPROFESSIONALS BECOMING TEACHERS.

AND OUR TEACH CHICAGO TOMORROW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WE HELP THEM GET INTO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TO GET THEIR TEACHING DEGREES.

THOSE ARE PIPELINES ESPECIALLY OUR PARAPROFESSIONALS WE ARE LEVERAGING NOW.

WE NEED TO DO MORE.

THERE IS A LESSON I LEARNED WE NEED TO DO MORE.

WE WILL HAVE 900 VACANCIES BUT THAT IS IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR WE HAD 700.

OVERALL WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE 300 TEACHERS ABOVE LAST YEAR'S LEVELS.

THERE WILL BE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL EACHS I WILL LOOK AT WE WILL LOOK STRONGER THAN LAST YEAR.

>> AND BETTER SHAPE THAN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHICH ARE STRUGGLING TO FILL TEACHING POSITIONS.

C.P.S.

DOES HAVE A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE AS WELL.

SOME STUDENTS AS A RESULT HAVE TO RIDE MORE THAN AN HOUR TO GET TO SCHOOL.

HOW WILL THAT PLAY OUT THIS YEAR?

>> YOU KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING I'M LOOKING AT.

THE GOOD NEWS WE'RE ROUTEING CLOSE TO 16,000 STUDENTS IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THE MOST WE HAVE DONE IN QUITE A WHILE.

THAT IS STRESSING ROUTES TO BE LONGER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT OVER 80% ARE UNDER AN HOUR.

WE WANT TO GET AS MANY AS UNDER AN HOUR.

WE HAVE A SHORTAGE IN BUS DRIVERS NATIONWIDE.

BUT WE'VE INCREASED PAY RATES FROM $16 UP TO $25 WITH PERSONS.

THAT IS -- EXPERIENCE.

THAT IS STABILIZING OUR WORKFORCE AND WE HAVE VANS AND TAXICABS.

BE PATIENCE WITH US THE FIRST TWO WEEKS ARE HECTIC AND THE GOAL IS WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ROUTE MORE STUDENTS AND LOOK AT THE ROUTE TIMES.

>> AND A BIGGER PICTURE LONG-TERM ISSUE.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT 30% OF C.P.S.

SCHOOLS HAVE FEWER THAN 300 STUDENTS.

THE SMALLER THE ENROLLMENT THE HIGHER COST PER PUPIL TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

A LOT OF PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THERE IS A LOT OF FALLOUT FROM THE SCHOOL CLOSURES FROM 10 YEARS AGO.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOLS?

>> IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR OUR DISTRICT.

WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER NORMAL DECLINE THIS YEAR.

NOT AS HIGH AS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE LOST 25,000 STUDENTS DURING THE TWO PANDEMIC YEARS.

IT WILL BE LESS THAN THAT BUT WE ARE EXPECTING ENROLLMENT DECLINES.

WE HAVE BEEN IN ENROLLMENT DECLINES FOR A DECADE.

I'M LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY WITH OUR UNDER ENROLLED HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HOW DO WE IMPROVE THE PROGRAMMING AND MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS.

MORE TO COME.

WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT IN SEPTEMBER.

MORE TO COME ON THAT.

>> IT IS A LONG-TERM ISSUE.

FOR NOW, HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

I KNOW THIS IS A DAY THAT YOU AND EDUCATORS AND PARENTS LOOK FORWARD TO.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, PARIS.

>> THE A LONG WAY TO REPORT FROM A CITY COMMISSION ON MONUMENTS RECOMMENDS THAT CHICAGO'S THREE CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS STATUES BE PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM THEIR PUBLIC LOCATIONS.

THE STATUES WERE AT THE CENTER OF VIOLENT RACIAL JUSTICE PROTESTS TWO YEARS AGO.

THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THE REPRUFL OF MOLOTOV COCKTAIL OF 10 MONUMENTS DUE TO CLOSUREFYING RACIST STEREOTYPES AND WHITE SUPREMACY.

WE INVITED THE CITY TO SEND SOMEONE WITH THE COMMISSION BUT THEY DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE.

MAYOR LIGHTFOOT DID SEND A STATEMENT WHICH WE WILL GET TO IN A LITTLE BIT.

WE WELCOME YOU.

DOREEN, 13 MONUMENTS IN ALL RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL.

DID THE COMMISSION MAKE THE RIGHT CALL HERE?

>> IT'S SO DIFFICULT.

EVEN OUR OWN COMMUNITY WAS DIVIDED ON SOME OF THESE MONUMENTS.

SO I THINK THAT ON SOME OF THEM THEY WERE EXTREME EXAMPLES OF IMAGES THAT ARE JUST NOT TRUE FOR OUR NATIVE PEOPLE IN AMERICA.

AND SO THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT I THINK HAD THE MOST SURVEYS HAD VOTES.

AND SO THEY WERE, I THINK THAT IS THE MAYOR DID MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT LEAST INQUIRING IN THE COMMUNITIES WHAT THEIR VIEWS WERE.

BECAUSE NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

SO I HAVE TO I'M HONORED THAT THE MAYOR DID DO THAT AND ASK OUR OPINION.

AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE REALLY PROTESTED SOME OF THE MONUMENTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

GOING BACK TO THE 50s AND 70s, AND BEFORE THAT.

SO I THINK THAT IT IS A GOOD STARTED WONDERFUL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT.

>> CERTAINLY THE FIRST REPORT ON THIS THAT I KNOW.

AND I KNOW IT INVOLVED A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT.

YOU WERE A PART OF THIS.

WERE YOU ON THE COMMISSION.

DO YOU BELIEVE IT WAS A THOROUGH AND FAIR PROCESS?

>> YES, THANK YOU.

OUR ORGANIZATION WAS CERTAINLY PART OF THE COMMISSION.

ADVISORY COMMISSIONS ARE ROUTINELY FORMED AND THEIR INPUTS ARE OFTEN FOLLOWED, OFTEN PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED.

SOMETIMES ULTIMATELY NOT FOLLOWED.

IN THIS CASE, I BELIEVE THAT THE DELIBERATIONS WERE LENGTHY.

THEY WERE VERY MUCH THE PROCESS WHERE COMMUNITY INPUT WAS VALUED.

BUT INSOFAR AS AS THE CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS STATUES ARE CONCERNED WE ARE DEFINITELY INCLINED TO BELIEVE THE MAYOR WHEN SEE SAYS THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO THEIR PEDESTRIAN TALLS AND THEIR REMOVAL IN THE SUMMER OF 2020 WAS TEMPORARY IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

I CAN UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULT POSITION THAT MAYOR LIGHTFOOT WAS PUT IN AT THE TIME.

AND I BELIEVE SHE IS A REASONABLE PERSON AND THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH HER TO INSURE THEIR REERECTION ONCE THE PROPER SAFETY PLAN IS IN PLACE.

>> TO BE CLEAR THE COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING TAKING DOWN THE THREE STATUES AND MAYOR LIGHTFOOT IS NOT COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING THOSE GUIDELINES.

LET'S READ A STATEMENT SHE DID SEND... AGAIN, STRIKING A MIDDLE TONE HERE NOT COMMITTING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THE THREE COLUMBUS STATUES WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS REMIND US WHY YOU BELIEVE THESE SHOULD BE REMOVED AND WHY THESE ARE OFFENSIVE?

>> FIRST OF ALL THEY DON'T ONLY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY THEY AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAD FIRST CONTACT WITH COLUMBUS.

THOSE WERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FROM THE BAHAMAS, CUBA, HAITI, PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, JAMAICA AND TRINIDAD.

AND I THINK IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WE'VE SEEN MORE DOCUMENTS COME FORWARD ABOUT THOSE INTERACTIONS.

AND IT'S PART OF THE WHAT HAS SPURRED THE IDEA OF AN INDIGENOUS DAY OR INDIGENOUS MOVEMENT.

THERE REALLY INVOLVED PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE INDIGENOUS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF THE INJUSTICES THAT WERE PUT UPON THEM.

ACTUALLY BECAUSE COLUMBUS NEVER CAME TO THE UNITED STATES TO NORTH AMERICA, WE'RE REALLY WHAT OUR INVOLVEMENT IN WHAT HAPPENED TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CAME LATER ON.

AND CERTAINLY BEEN BOOKS WRITTEN ABOUT HOW THAT COLUMBUS REALLY SET THE LEADERSHIP FOR SLAVERY.

SO THEN YOU HAVE SLAVERY IT IMPACTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND THAT DID IMPACT THE UNITED STATES AND THAT DID IMPACT NATIVE-AMERICANS AS WELL BECAUSE WE WERE ENSLAVED AS WELL.

>> AGAIN, THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN DEBATED.

IS THERE A COMPROMISE BETWEEN AMERICAN INDIAN COMMUNITY AND THE ITALIAN/AMERICAN COMMUNITY GIVEN WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE HISTORICAL CONSENSUS ON COLUMBUS NOW?

>> WELL, I DO BELIEVE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I CERTAINLY AND I BELIEVE WE THE ITALIAN/AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE NOT AGAINST AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY AND A FURTHER CELEBRATION IN OUR CITY AND COUNTRY OF THE INDIGENOUS HISTORY.

THAT IS WHY WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF ADDITION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR MONUMENTS OUR ICONS OUR SYMBOLS AND NOT SUBTRACTION.

I CELEBRATE COLUMBUS FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

I BELIEVE THAT DOREEN MAY NOT CELEBRATE COLUMBUS.

HOWEVER GETTING TO THAT POINT REQUIRES AN EDUCATION OF THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND HISTORY UPHOLDING THE MAJESTY OF THE TRUTH.

AND REMOVING COLUMBUS FROM THE CONVERSATION FROM THE PUBLIC SQUARE WE ARE ENGAGED IN ERADICATION OR CANCELING IF YOU MAY WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT CONVERSATION TO BE HAD.

IT'S A NARROWING OF THE CONVERSATION WHICH ULTIMATELY IS HARMFUL FOR ALL.

COLUMBUS NOT ONLY WAS A HERO AND DEVELOPED AS A HERO FOR ITALIAN/AMERICANS BECAUSE OF HIS ETHNIC ORIGIN BUT HE ENGAGED IN WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OCCURRENCE IN HUMANKIND IT OPENED THE FLOODGATES FOR HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF IMMIGRANTS TO ACROSS THE OCEAN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY BY BRINGING EDUCATION, SANITATION, INFRASTRUCTURE.

THOSE ARE THINGS WE ALL OUGHT TO CELEBRATE.

AND QUICKLY, PARIS, ON THE POINT OF SLAVERY.

SLAVERY ALREADY EXISTED AMONGST THE NATIVE TRIBES AS DID HORRIBLE INSTITUTIONS BY CANNIBALISM AND HUMAN SACRIFICE WHICH THE EUROPEANS CAME TO REJECT.

THESE ARE STORIES AND HISTORY THAT NEED TO BE TALKED ABOUT AND REMOVING COLUMBUS IN A HOLISTIC MANNER IS NOT BENEFICIAL TO THAT CONVERSATION.

>> ALL RIGHT WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE MAYOR DOES.

AND THERE ARE 10 OTHER MONUMENTS AND STATUES CALLED FOR BEING TAKEN DOWN.

ITALO BALBO, I WANTED TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE BUT WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> UP NEXT, VISITORS TO A WEST SIDE LIBRARY CAN NOW ENJOY MUSEUM QUALITY ART WHILE THEY BROWSE.

PLEASE STAY WITH US FOR A LOOK.

THERE IS MUSEUM QUALITY ARTWORK IN CHICAGO THAT IS FREE FOR ANYONE TO SEE.

IT'S IN THE CITY'S FIRST REGIONAL LIBRARY WHICH OPENED IN 1920 IN THE WEST GARFIELD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN RENOVATED AND ONE OF THE NEWEST FEATURES IS A RESIDENT ARTIST.

MARC VITALI HAS AN INTRODUCTION TO A YOUNG ARTIST WHO BRINGS VIBRANCY.

>> THE LEGLER LIBRARY IS HOME TO A LOT OF WEEKS BUT ALSO VALUABLE ARTWORK.

AND THE STUDIO OF A NEW ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.

>> I AM HAITIAN AMERICAN PROUD, VISUAL ARTIST.

VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN MY CULTURE, FOOD AS WELL AS ART PRACTICES THAT SPAN FROM PAINTING TO PRINTMAKING.

I AM WORK BASED ON WHAT I KNOW AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED THAT COMES FROM ANCESTORS WHO HAVE GONE ON AND THEN ALSO LIKE CURRENT DAY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO ARE STILL LIVING NOW.

TRAVELS THAT I'VE TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, VIBRANT COLORS IS WHAT I SAW.

GROWING UP I SAW HAITIAN ARTWORK IN MY HOUSE BEFORE I GOT TO ART HISTORY ONE AND TWO IN COLLEGE.

THAT IS WHAT I CHOSE THE VIBRANCY AND THE JOY THAT I KNOW.

>> THE RESIDENCE GIVES THE MIAMI BORN ARTIST A SMALL STUDIO IN THE LIBRARY.

ANTOINE FILL TO DO WITH WORKS BY ARTISTS SHE ADMIRES AND HER OWN WORKS.

COLLAGES THAT FEATURE A LOT OF FOOD.

>> THE OTHER ART FORM I'M INTERESTED IN IS CULINARY.

I CONSIDER EVERY WOMAN IN MY FAMILY A CHEF.

WHETHER THEY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR IT OR NOT, THEY ARE WHAT I CALL A CHEF.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN FOOD.

ESPECIALLY ME.

>> AND SHE VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SHE CALLS IT BEING IN THE MIX.

>> IN THE MIX, BUT ALSO LIKE INTENTIONALLY WANTING TO BE IN THE MIX.

NOT JUST HOW CAN I VOLUNTEER HERE TWO WEEKS DOWN THE LINE I CAN ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING BUT HOW DO WE BUILD THIS CONNECTION BECAUSE I ALSO LOVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> THE LEGLER LIBRARY IS HOME TO FLOATING FAMILY BY ELIZABETH CAT LYNN.

AND THE LARGE-SCALE PAINTING KNOWLEDGE AND WONDER.

THAT IS THE ARTWORK THE CITY PLANNED TO AUCTION FOR MILLIONS IN 2018 UNTIL CRITICISM STOPPED THE PLAN IN ITS TRACKS.

AND THERE IS A WPA MURAL FROM THE 1930s WITH DATED DEPICTIONS OF NATIVE-AMERICANS AND A MODERN RESPONSE TO IT BY NATIVE-AMERICAN ARTIST.

ALL OF THE WORKS WILL MAKE GOOD COMPANY FOR A NEW WORK BY THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE.

>> ALEXANDRA WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOLS, ADULTS, TEENS, CHILDREN, AND THEN SHE WILL BE CREATING AN ART PIECE OVER THE TWO YEARS THAT WILL BE HOUSED HERE AT LEGLER.

>> SHE WAS BORN FOR THIS.

SHE IS HERE AS AN ARTIST TO CREATE WORK BUT SHE IS HERE TO WORK AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE AS WELL.

AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT SHE GETS TO WEAVE IN HER CULTURE AND HER HERITAGE, HER PASSION.

>> IT IS A BIG DEAL.

NOW I GOT TO BE HONEST I'VE DONE SOME ARTIST RESIDENCY BEFORE BUT THIS IS IN THE LIBRARY AND THAT IS EXCITING IN A SPACE WHERE I CAN DO RESEARCH AND DO MY ART PRACTICE AS WELL.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AND YOU, TOO, CAN GET IN THE MIX.

ALEXANDRA ANTOINE WILL BE THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AS LEGLER REGIONAL LIBRARY THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR.

THE LIBRARY'S LOCATED ON SOUTH PULASKI ROAD IN WEST GARFIELD PARK AND YOU CAN SEE MORE OF ANTOINE'S WORK ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT" A NEW MARKETPLACE TO RENT OUT UNUSED PARTS OF OUR HOUSE BY THE HOUR.

THAT AND MORE BUSINESS NEWS FROM CRAIN'S.

>> ILLINOIS IS THE FIRST STATE TO REQUIRE ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS HOW EDUCATORS ARE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT STARTING THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

COULD THIS IMPLANT BE THE FUTURE OF PAIN PREVENTION WITHOUT DRUGS?

WE WILL REVIEW THAT AND OTHER SCIENCE STORIES IN THE NEWS.

AND A NEW REPORT CHALLENGES THE IDEA THAT CHICAGO HAS SEEN A DECLINE IN CIVIC ENGAGE.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... HAS YOU KNOW IT'S EARLY START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THE CITY'S 80 SAFE PASSAGE ROUTES ARE GETTING EXTRA ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY.

AND IN THE WAKE OF THE UVALDE TEXAS SCHOOL MASSACRE, C.P.D.

IS STEPPING UP TRAINING FOR A POSSIBLE MASS SHOOTING EVENT.

>> MEANWHILE STUDENTS STAGED A WALKOUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE STUDENTS WERE PROTESTING THE DISMISSAL OF LONG TIME ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CAR REN FITZPATRICK CARPENTER.

PARENTS AND ALUMNI JOINED THE PROTEST IN FRONT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

C.T.A.

SAID IT'S UP TO EACH PRINCIPAL TO DEVELOP THEIR TEAM.

AFTER TWO DECADES, FITZPATRICK IS LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB WITHIN C.P.S.

>> AND THE CITY IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD POLL WORKERS.

ELECTION JUDGES MAKEUP TO $230 AND COORDINATORS CAN MAKEUP TO $450 FOR ELECTION DAY.

HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN APPLY.

IN ORDER TO APPLY APPLICANTS MUST BE U.S. CITIZENS A REGISTERED VOTER IN COOK COUNTY AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK, READ AND WRITE ENGLISH.

BY LING CAL APPLICANTS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS WELL.

>> FORD IS CUTTING THOUSANDS OF JOBS AND DEALS FOR HOTELS MARKS BIGGEST SALES IN THE HOSPITALITY MARKET SINCE THE PANDEMIC.

AND NOCKNOCK THERE IS A NEW APP AT THE DOOR FOR HOMEOWNERS.

HERE IS EXPLAIN THAT AND MORE IS VEINS CHICAGO -- KRAS CHICAGO BUSINESS EDITOR, ANN DWYER.

FORD IS CUTTING 3,000 JOBS IT HAS THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE CHICAGO HEIGHTS PLANT.

ANY OF THOSE JOBS IN THE CHICAGO AREA?

>> AS IT TURNS OUT, NO.

AND THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR FOLKS WHO WORK AT THE TORRENCE AVENUE PLANT.

WE YOU HAD THAT OF THE 3,000 WORKERS MOST WILL BE WHITE-COLLAR LAYOFFS AND LAYOFFS OF PERSONNEL WHO WORK ON A TEMPORARY BASIS AT OFFICES.

MOSTLY IN THE U.S. AND MICHIGAN.

ALSO TO SOME IN CANADA AND INDIA AS WELL.

THE FORD PLANT LOOKS LIKE THE SOUTH SIDE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL REMAIN UNTOUCHED FOR NOW.

BUT THIS IS PART OF THE COMPANY'S EFFORT TO SIMPLIFY OPERATIONS AND STREAMLINE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THE REIMAGINING THEMSELVES AS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRODUCER AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THERE WILL BE MORE CHANGES SOME OF WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE FORD PLANT IN CHICAGO EVENTUALLY.

>> THE JOBS SPARED FOR NOW.

MEANWHILE TWO DISTRESSED HOTELS IN THE SUBURBS.

AN INVESTOR IS COMING AND IT IS A MAJOR DEAL FOR THE PROPERTIES.

>> THERE IS A VENTURE OUT OF OKLAHOMA CITY THAT IS HEADED BOON AN INVESTOR.

HE IS BACKED BY A HIGH NET WORTH FAMILY IN THAT AREA.

HE PLUNKED DOWN $34 MILLION FOR THE NINE STOREY HOTEL ORIGINAL TON PROPERTY IN EVANSSTON AND BOUGHT THE WESTIN HOTEL IN EVANS STONE.

BUT THESE DEALS DO MARK THE BIGGEST DISTRESSED HOTEL SALES IN THE CHICAGO AREA SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

AND IT IS A SIGN AT LEAST SOME INVESTORS ARE SEEING FUTURE HEALTH IN THE LOCAL HOTEL MARKET WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY BATTERED AS YOU KNOW BY THE TRAVEL CUTBACKS DURING COVID.

>> AND THAT WESTIN ITASCA, CORRECT?

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE WESTIN.

LASTLY A NEW APP FOR HOMEOWNERS WHO WANT TO RENT OUT SPACE IN THEIR HOME BY THE HOUR.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

>> THIS COMPANY IS OUT OF CALIFORNIA BUT THEY ARE TESTING THIS CONCEPT HERE IN CHICAGO TO SEE IF IT WILL FLY AND IT IS JUST AS YOU DESCRIBED IT.

IT IS AN APP THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO RENT OUT UNUSED SPACE IN THEIR HOMES ON AN HOURLY BASIS.

SAY YOU'VE GOT A NICE FANCY KITCHEN SETUP IN YOUR BASEMENT THAT YOU NEVER USE OR YOU HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGES STATION IN YOUR GARAGE THAT GOES UNUSED FOR HOURS A DAY.

YOU CAN TURN THOSE ASSETS INTO CASH APPARENTLY IF THE APP WORKS.

AND PEOPLE WHO NEED THOSE SERVICES OR ACCESS TO THAT SORT OF THINGS LIKE A LAUNDRY ROOM FOR PERHAPS AN HOUR OR TWO A DAY CAN PAY AND COME INTO YOUR HOME AND USE THAT STUFF.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A WILD IDEA BUT THEN, AGAIN, THE IDEA OF HAVING STRANGERS COME AND PICK YOU UP IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES AND DRIVE YOU AROUND SEEMED ODD AND NOW THAT IS UBER.

>> TOTALLY COMMONPLACE LIKE AIRBNB FOR YOUR KITCHEN OR LAUNDRY ROOM.

INTERESTING.

THANKS, ANN.

>> THANKS.

>> AND NOW TO AMANDA FOR A LOOK HOW TEACHERS ARE INCORPORATING ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS.

>> STARTING THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ILLINOIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST INCLUDE A UNIT OF INSTRUCTION ABOUT ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

ILLINOIS IS THE FIRST STATE TO HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER SIGNED THE TEACHING EQUITABLE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HISTORY TEACH ACT INTO LAW.

A YEAR LATER WITH STUDENTS COMING BACK TO CLASSROOMS IT IS TAKING EFFECT.

AND JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT IT ARE GRACE PAI, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN-AMERICANS ADVANCING JUSTICE CHICAGO.

AND MUEZE BAWANY A TEACHER AT NORTH GRAND HIGH SCHOOL IN CHICAGO.

GRACE PAI YOU DID HELP TO GET THIS LAW PASSED.

WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT'S NEEDED?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW WE'VE SEEN A STARK RISE IN ANTI-ASIAN RACISM BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS NEW.

IT CAME AS A SURPRISE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS WERE EXPERIENCING SO MUCH RACISM IN THE WAKE OF COVID AND THE RHETORIC BLAMING CHINA.

WE NEED TO TEACH STUDENTS THE HONEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHOW ALL THE WAYS ASIAN-AMERICANS HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED AND HAVE BEEN CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.

>> GRACE, WE KNOW TEACHERS ARE BUSY BUT YOUR ORGANIZATION IS HELPING THEM PREPARE TO TEACH ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY.

HOW?

>> RIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT TEACHERS ARE OVERWHELMED.

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH TWO YEARS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR TEACHERS TO GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO TEACH WELL.

WE'RE OFFERING TWO-HOUR VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS AND DISTRICTS AND TEACHERS' UNIONS.

AND WE'VE COMPILED A WIDE RANGING DATABASE OF CURRICULAR RESOURCES THAT ARE FREE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON-LINE.

WE DID THE RESEARCH FOR THEM.

ONE OF THE TEACHERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS DESCRIBED IT AS A WAREHOUSE OF RESOURCES THAT WAS TAKING WEEKS AND MONTHS TO FIND ON MY OWN.

>> MUEZE BAWANY, I IMAGINE YOU MIGHT DRAW UPON THAT AND YOU ARE PAKISTANI AMERICAN.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR BACKGROUND AND HERITAGE HAS ALREADY PLAYED A ROLE IN TEACHING IN YOUR CLASSROOMS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW ONE STUDENTS ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN THEIR EDUCATORS.

I LEARNED IN MY FIRST YEAR HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE INTRIGUED WHO I WAS AND WHERE I CAME FROM AND MY STORIES WHEN I HAD TO TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY AND JOURNEY.

I THINK THOSE EXPERIENCES ARE PROFOUND BECAUSE KIDS DON'T GET A CHANCE TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND EXPOSURE TO THEIR STORIES AND END UP AS THEY LISTEN AND STUDY TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN COMMON AND HOW MUCH THEY ARE INTERESTED IN SO MANY FACETS OF CULTURES WHETHER IT'S ARTS, FOOD, SOCIAL JUSTICE.

ALL OF THESE THINGS I LEARNED EARLY IN MY FIRST YEAR.

AND I BECAME A BECKONING TO TRY TO INTRODUCE MORE ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDIES IN MY CLASSROOM.

>> MUEZE BAWANY HOW DO YOU ANTICIPATE THIS LAW IS GOING TO CHANGE WHAT YOU TEACH?

DO YOU HAVE LESSON PLANS DRAFTED?

>> YEAH, IN MY FIRST UNIT MY FOURTH UNIT MY FIRST UNIT WE'RE DOING A COMIC BOOK STUDY I'M TEACHING A WONDERFUL STORY BY [INAUDIBLE] THAT DOES PARALLELS BETWEEN SUPERMAN AS AN OUTSIDER AND THE FAMILY THAT MOVES INTO METROPOLIS AND THE DISCRIMINATION THEY FACE AND THE DEEPER CONCEPTS WHAT BELONGING LOOKS LIKE AND MEANS TO EVERYONE.

IN MY FOURTH UNIT I DO POETRY THAT EXPOSES STUDENTS AND THE STORIES THAT PEOPLE OF THE PARTITION AND WE CONNECT LIKE THE HEARTACHE AND DISJOINTED NATURE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH TO THE [INAUDIBLE] AND ALLOW STUDENTS TO DEVELOP CONNECTIONS TO THEIR FAMILIES.

>> INTERESTING I BET A LOT OF STUDENTS WOULD LIKE TO JOIN YOUR ENGLISH CLASSES.

GRACE, THE TEACHER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS THEY BEGIN BY DISPELLING STEREOTYPES ABOUT ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

WHAT ARE SOME COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS?

>> ONE IS THE PERPETUAL FOREIGNER MYTH THE IDEA THAT ALL ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE NOT FROM HERE.

AND WE SEE THAT PERVASIVE IN COMMENTS FROM STRANGERS AND VERBAL HARASSMENT TELLING PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND AMERICA IS THE ONLY HOME THEY HAVE KNOWN.

THAT IS COMMON THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EDUCATORS NOT TO PERPETUATE WHEN THEY ARE TEACHING ABOUT ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

ANOTHER IS THE MINORITY MYTH THE IDEA THAT ASIAN-AMERICANS ARE HIGHLY ACHIEVING, HIGH HE WILL EDUCATED AND PEOPLE THAT, IT HIDES THE INEQUITY THAT EXISTS AND THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE HIGH ACHIEVING ASIAN-AMERICANS WHICH IS THAT THOSE ARE THE ONLY IMMIGRANT ASIANS THAT THE UNITED STATES LET IN THROUGH OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS.

BREAKING DOWN THE MYTHS IS IMPORTANT TO ESPECIALLY EDUCATORS TO UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE BARRIERS EXIST AND HOW TO COMBAT THEM.

>> AND GRACE, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT IS REQUIRED?

IS THIS AN ENTIRE SEMESTER LONG UNIT OR DISTRICTS MAKE SURE IT IS INCORPORATED AT SOME POINT WHEN FROM MAYBE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE?

HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> RIGHT.

WHAT IS REQUIRED IS A UNIT.

AND ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS DEFINE UNITS DIFFERENTLY.

OUR STRONG PREFERENCE IS THAT TEACHERS LIKE MUEZE BAWANY IS DOING INCORPORATE IT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU TEACH THREE DAYS OF ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND YOU'RE DONE.

WE SEE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO WEAVE IT INTO EVERYTHING ELSE EDUCATORS ARE TEACHING.

MAYBE A FIRST GRADE TEACHER HAS A UNIT ON CULTURE AND IDENTITY.

MAYBE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IS TALKING ABOUT SEGREGATION.

AND THE CHINESE AMERICAN FAMILY WAS A PART OF IN THE 1800'S.

PEOPLE ARE NOT CONNECTING THOSE STORIES BROWN V BOARD.

AND THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE SEE FOR EDUCATORS TO TEACH A FULLER VERSION OF HISTORY.

>> IS THERE ANY ENFORCEMENT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE ENFORCEMENT IS THE SAME FOR ALL MANDATES ACROSS THE STATE.

THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL SURVEY ALL SCHOOLS AND WHEN THERE IS A NEW MANDATE THEY INCLUDE THAT MANDATE FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THIS ANNUAL SURVEY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEIR SCOPE IS LIMITED.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THEY CAN DO TO BE IN CLASSROOMS AND MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS ARE INCORPORATING ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY THAT IS WHEN WE'RE CALLING ON STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PAY ATTENTION AND ASK THEIR SCHOOLS HEY WHAT IS THE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE?

>> WHAT DO YOU HOPE COMES OF IT?

>> [AUDIO INTERRUPTION] GETTING OUR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHO EXISTS AND WHO IS OUT THERE AND KIND OF PUSHING THEM TOWARDS THE LENS OF HUMANITY.

WHY THE STORIES OF OTHERS MATTER AND WHY WE SHOULD SEE IT AS AN APPRECIATION AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT AND MAKE CONNECTIONS AND BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I THINK I OFTEN THOUGHT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES OF NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND MY STORY MY HISTORY.

AND IT FELT LIKE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR AND NOT SEEING ANYTHING BACK.

THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS TO LEARN, TO LEARN THEIR STORIES AND ALSO FOR OTHERS FROM SO MANY BACKGROUNDS TO LEARN THE STORIES OF ASIAN-AMERICANS IN THIS COUNTRY, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S WHAT EDUCATION IS ABOUT.

>> BEST TO YOU, FOR YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS AS THIS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.

WHILE YOU ARE TEACHING THIS AND ANYTHING ELSE.

THANK YOU TO MUEZE BAWANY AND AS TO YOU GRACE PAI.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, A RUNDOWN OF SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES AND THE WORLD OF SCIENCE.

STAY WITH US.

>> A NEW STUDY SUGGESTS AND COASTLINE ANIES WORK LIKE A BRAIN TO MAKE DECISIONS HOW RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CAN IMPACT BRAIN STRUCTURE AND A SURGICAL IMPLANT THAT CAN FIND PAIN RELIEF WITHOUT DRUGS.

AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE LATEST SCIENCE STORIES IS RABIAH MAYAS, VICE-PRESIDENT OF EDUCATION AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

AND WELCOME BACK.

OF COURSE, RESEARCHERS AT ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW ANT COLONIES MAKE DECISIONS.

WHAT DID THEY FIND?

>> SO, THE RESEARCHERS WERE INVESTIGATING THE WAYS THAT ANT COLONIES MAKE DECISIONS AS A GROUP NOT INDIVIDUALS.

WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN ANTS MOVING TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER MAKING A NEST OR FOLLOWING FOOD.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS KNOWN IS THAT ANTS WILL MOVE IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE.

SO WHAT THE RESEARCHERS FOUND WAS THAT ANTS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN A COLONY ALMOST THE WAYS SIMILAR HOW NETWORKS OF NEURONS WORK TOGETHER IN A BRAIN.

>> I REGRET TO SAY I HAVE WITNESSED ANTS WORKING AS A COLLECTIVE PERHAPS IN AN APARTMENT ONCE OR TWICE.

HOW DO THEY GO ABOUT FIGURING THIS OUT?

IT IS NOT LIKE YOU CAN INTERVIEW AN ANT?

>> THIS IS MAYBE COOLER.

THEY DEVELOPED A SYSTEM TO DISRUPT THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN ANT COLONY.

AND THEN WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FUN.

THEY LABELED THE ANTS WITH COLORED DOTS TO TRACK THEIR MOVEMENT AND INCREASED THE TEMPERATURE TO SEE WHAT WOULD HOW THAT WOULD TRIGGER THE ANTS' MOVING.

AND THEY FOUND THE COLONY MOVED TO LEAVE THE NEST WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS RAISED TO 93° FAHRENHEIT.

AND WHAT WAS MORE INTERESTING IT TOOK A HIGHER TEMPERATURE TO MOVE A COLONY THAT WAS LARGER.

A LARGER COLONY WAS ABLE TO TOLERATE A TEMPERATURE INCREASE MORE THAN A SMALLER COLONY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS, SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL ANT CAN TELL HOW BIG THE COLONY THEY ARE IN IS THEY THINK PHERAMONES MIGHT BE INVOLVED COMMUNICATING WITH THE ANTS.

>> WHAT SIGNIFICANCE MIGHT THIS HAVE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH?

>> UNDERSTANDING HOW INSECTS BEHAVE IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

I'M ASTOUNDED IF YOU TAKE THE AMOUNT OF BUGS IN THE WORLD THEY OUTWEIGH MANY TIMES OVER THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BY WEIGHT.

UNDERSTANDING HOW THEY WORK WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW OUR WORLD WORKS.

>> A STUDY OUT OF EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA THAT HAS BEEN LOOKING AT WILL IMPACT OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ON THE BRAIN.

EXPLAIN WHAT ARE RESEARCHERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND?

>> THIS STUDY IS INTERESTING.

THIS TEAM OF RESEARCHERS HAD ALREADY SHOWN THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CAN HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE WHITE MATTER OF THE BRAIN.

THAT IS THE PART OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN REGIONS OF THE BRAIN AND THE REST OF THE BODY.

SO THE QUESTION THEY WERE TRYING TO ASK THIS TIME WAS REALLY TO UNDERSTAND IT AT A DEEPER LEVEL AND UNDERSTAND CORRELATIONS WITH NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES.

AND THE STUDY FOCUSED ON BLACK WOMEN AND KNOWN FOR FOR SOMETIME THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT HIGHER VULNERABILITIES TO CERTAIN ILLNESSES THAT BLACK WOMEN FACE LIKE HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, CHRONIC PAIN.

>> AND THEY DID FIND, IN FACT, THAT LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, RIGHT?

>> THEY DID.

IN THIS STUDY THEY RECRUITED A GROUP OF BLACK WOMEN AND ASSESSED THEM FOR HEALTH CONDITIONS AND THEY REPORTED EXPERIENCE ON RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THEIR LIVES.

AND THEN CONDUCTED MRI SCANS ON THE BRAIN TO MEASURE A WAY THAT WATER MOVES THROUGH THE WHITE MATTER.

AND THEY FOUND WOMEN WHO REPORTED EXPERIENCING MORE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAD LOWER MOVEMENTS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT CONNECT THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.

ANOTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THOSE SAME STRUCTURES SEEM TO LINK THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND HEALTH DISORDERS THAT WOMEN IN THE STUDY HAVE.

>> UNFORTUNATE FINDINGS BUT IMPORTANT.

A STUDY ABOUT PAIN RELIEF.

RESEARCHERS LED BY JOHN RODGERS AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY DEVELOPED A DEVICE TO RELIEVE PAIN WITHOUT THE USE OF DRUGS.

TELL US WHAT THEY CREATED?

>> THE RODGERS LAB IS AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS FOR YEARS NOW USING SMALL DEVICES TO MONITOR AND RESPOND TO THE BODY.

IT IS A SMALL FLEXIBLE AND DISSOLVABLE IMPLANT THAT CAN RELIEVE PAIN WITHOUT DRUGS.

AND ON DEMAND.

WHENEVER IT'S WANTED.

WHEN IT'S INSERTED INTO THE BODY IT CAN CONTROL THE PAIN SPECIFICS OF A SPECIFIC NERVE GIVING RELIEF IN THE BODY.

>> HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> THIS IS COOL.

THERE IS AN IMAGE OF THIS.

THE IMPLANT MANAGES PAIN BY USING A COMBINATION OF A LIQUID COOL LAND AND NITROGEN GAS AND THE IMPLANT ITSELF WRAPS AROUND A NERVE AND WHEN THE SUBSTANCES ARE ALLOWED TO FLOW TOGETHER A REACTION OCCURS THAT CAUSES THE LIQUID TO EVAPORATE.

WE THINK ABOUT SWEAT, WE COOL DOWN WHEN WE SWEAT BECAUSE THE SWEAT EVAPORATES OFF OUR SKIN AND THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE NERVE.

IT'S COOLING DOWN THE NERVE WHICH SLOWS DOWN THE TRAVEL OF THE PAIN SIGNALS.

>> AND BEING ABLE TO USE THAT COULD HAVE MAJOR ADVANTAGES OVER ADDICTIVE DRUGS SUCH AS OPIOIDS.

HOW FAR ALONG IN DEVELOPMENT IS THIS?

IS THIS SOMETHING WE WILL BE SEEING SOON IN HOSPITALS FOR EXAMPLE?

>> HOPEFULLY.

IT'S HARD TO TELL.

THIS RESEARCH WAS DONE IN RATS IT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED IN HUMANS BUT EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS TO YOUR POINT THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO NOT USE DRUGS AND SPECIFIC ON DEMAND PAIN CONTROL WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT.

I THINK WE SHOULD STAY TUNED.

>> ON TO TO OUR LAST STORY.

SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN BELIEVE THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED A KEY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOICE BOX WHICH HAS ALLOWED HUMANS TO SPEAK.

BUT APES CAN'T.

>> THE LARYNX, IF YOU CAN FEEL IT WHEN IT MOVES IN YOUR THROAT AND IT CONTAINS OUR VOCAL CHORDS AND INVOLVED IN BREATHING AND SWALLOWING IN ADDITION TO TALKING AND SINGING.

THE RESEARCHERS LOOKED AT THE LARYNX IN 40 SPECIES OF PRIMATES.

AND FOUND THERE ARE TWO KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMANS AND OUR RELATIVES LIKE APES AND MONKEYS.

THERE IS A VOCAL MEMBRANES THAT WE DON'T HAVE WHICH EXTENDS OFF THE VOCAL CHORDS AND AIR SACKS HELP TO MAKE LOUD VOCAL SOUNDS WHEN WE THINK OF OTHER PRIMATES.

IF OUR VOICE BOX BECAME LESS COMPLEX WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN SPEAK AND APES CAN'T?

IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE THE OPPOSITE?

>> IT DOES.

IT SEEMS IT IS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR.

WE KNOW FROM EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY IS THAT HUMANS CAME FROM CHIMPANZEES 6 MILLION YEARS AGO AND THE CHANGES WERE BELIEVED TO HAVE HAPPENED.

BUT WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLE IS MAYBE SIMPLE IS BETTER THAT HAVING A COMPLEX LARYNX MIGHT MAKE IT HARDER TO HAVE THE PRECISION THAT HUMANS HAVE IN THEIR LANGUAGE.

THE VIBRATIONS ARE PRECISE TO ALLOW US TO SPEAK.

PERHAPS HAVING FEWER OR LESS COMPLEX OF A STRUCTURE MAKES THAT MORE POSSIBLE.

>> SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER AND THANK YOU FOR SIMPLYING ALL OF THAT COMPLEX RESEARCH FOR US.

THANK YOU, RABIAH MAYAS.

>> THANK YOU AMANDA.

>> UP NEXT, BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND A NEW REPORT THAT LOOKS AT VOLUNTEERING IN CHICAGO.

THAT IS IN A CONVERSATION THAT AIRED ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES".

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... >> U.S. CENSUS DATA SAYS VOLUNTEERING AS DECLINED IN CHICAGO.

BUT A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO SAY THAT IS NOT THE FULL PICTURE.

NEW RESEARCH SAYS PREVIOUS DATA COLLECTING DOESN'T INCLUDE THE WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN THE CITY OFTENTIMES LEAVING OUT THE WORK OF BLACK, LATINO AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.

JOINING US WITH MORE ARE CHRIS POLLIS, A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO AND ONE OF THE LEAD AUTHORS OF THE STUDY.

AND KENNEDY BARTLEY, SENIOR LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR WITH UNITED WORKING FAMILIES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CHRIS, LET'S START WITH YOU.

U.S. CENSUS DATA SHOWED DECLINING RATES OF VOLUNTEERING IN CHICAGO FROM 26.7% IN 2010 OR 2009, TO 21.9% IN 2019.

BUT YOUR DATA SHOWS THAT THAT SURVEY HAD BIG GAPS IN HOW DATA WAS COLLECTED ESPECIALLY WHEN DOCUMENTING THE WORK OF BLACK, LATINO AND WORKING CLASS PEOPLE.

WHAT ARE TOES GAPS?

>> -- THOSE GAPS?

>> AND TO BE CLEAR, THE DATA ITSELF ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT IN THE SURVEY IS HOW CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS BEING MEASURED AND THAT HAS A REAL CONSEQUENCE THEN ON DATA THAT SHOWS RACIAL DISPARITIES IN VOLUNTEERING AND VOTING AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE SURVEY, A PROMINENT SURVEY WHICH THE U.S. CENSUS CONDUCTS, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE ESPECIALLY IN VOLUNTEERING THERE WERE BIASES AGAINST COUNTING VOLUNTEERING BY BLACK AND LATINOS AND SUCH AS PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE.

THOSE CONDUCTING THE SURVEY THEY HAVE SORT OF A HELPFUL SHEET THAT SAYS WHAT IS INCLUDED IN VOLUNTEERING AND WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED.

INFORMAL SUPPORT NETWORKS BEING EXCLUDED, SOMEBODY'S ASKING WHAT COUNTS AS VOLUNTEERS.

BUILDING OR REPAIRING A HOUSE THROUGH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL BE COUNTED AS VOLUNTEERING.

HOWEVER, IF I HELP MY NEIGHBOR REPAIR THEIR HOUSE, FOR AN EXCHANGE FOR THEM WATCHING MY KIDS OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT INCLUDED AS A FORM OF VOLUNTEERING.

AND THAT IS ONE SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.

PUBLIC MEETING ATTENDANCE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

>> PUBLIC MEETINGS, BEING A FORM OF VOLUNTEERING AND YOUR RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE RACIAL GAPS WOULD DIMINISH OR REVERSE.

IT WOULD SHRINK FROM 11.9 TO 2.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND THE LATINO GAP WOULD REVERSE.

KENNEDY, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE INTRODUCED YOU YOU ARE WITH UNITED WORKING FAMILIES AND YOU HAVE A JOB CHANGE COMING UP.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE DATA COLLECTION?

>> UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH SURPRISE IN THE FACT THAT A FIELD THAT IS LIKE HISTORICALLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY WHITE AND MALE WOULD DEFINE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN A WAY THAT IS LARGELY LEAVING OUT SWATHS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING YOU KNOW, CONTROL OF THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT CHRIS HAS LISTED OUT AND NAMED OUT.

DURING MY TIME AT UNITED WORKING FAMILIES OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOLKS ARE ORGANIZING PEOPLE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT AND MAKE DEMANDS OF CITY COUNCIL.

I SEE LIKE ONE WORKING IN THE 20TH WARD PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND LATINX REGION IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO I'M SEEING ALL BLACK AND LATINX ORGANIZERS GETTING THEIR NEIGHBORS TO TAKE CHARGE OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AS RECENTLY AS EARLIER THIS WEEK, YOU KNOW WE TURNED IN NEARLY 4,000 SIGNATURES FROM FOLKS ON THE BLACK AND LATINX SOUTH SIDE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE A REFERENDUM ON THE NOVEMBER 8TH BALLOT.

ALSO DOING THIS WORK ON THE SHOULDERS OF FOLKS WHO TURNED OUT HISTORIC NUMBERS IN 2016 TO VOTE ANITA ALVAREZ OUT OF OFFICE.

THOSE WERE ORGANIZING EFFORTS THAT WERE LED BY BLACK, LATINX AND YOUNG FOLKS.

AND SO UNFORTUNATELY IT IS NOT SURPRISING BECAUSE OF LIKE WHO IS TELLING THE STORY AND WHO IS AT THE HELM.

>> HOW DOES THIS LIMIT THE SCOPE OF WHAT ORGANIZERS CAN DO IF THE WORK IS NOT BEING RECOGNIZED BY POLITICIANS AND INSTITUTIONS AND THE BIG NONPROFITS AND FOUNDATIONS?

>> SURE.

I THINK LIKE WHAT IT DOES, IT CREATES A RESPONSIBILITY ON THE PARTS OF ORGANIZERS TO MAKE SURE THE ANALYSIS THAT FOLKS LIKE MYSELF AND COMRADES WHO KNOW THAT LIKE HOW FOLKS DICTATE OUR WORK IS NOT ACTUALLY LIKE INFORM OR IMPACT OUR WORK.

IT LIKE LEADS TO FOLKS BEING DISAFFECTED AND ENGAGING CIVICALLY.

BUT I THINK IT CREATES A NEW ONUS ON THE PART OF ORGANIZERS TO MAKE SURE THE ANALYSIS IS EVEN IF LIKE DATA SCIENTISTS WHO AREN'T MOVEMENT DRIVEN OR COME FROM A MOVEMENT BACKGROUND ARE DEFINING OUR WORK AS OR AS NOT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE ARE DEFINING THAT AND REDEFINING THAT FOR OURSELVES.

>> HOW CAN CIVIC LIFE BE BETTER MEASURED?

>> I THINK LIKE OUR APPROACH IN THE REPORT WAS ASKING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DOING THE REPORT.

THE QUESTION IS WHY DO WE WANT TO MEASURE IN THE FIRST PLACE, I THINK IS AN IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING QUESTION.

AND IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT PRACTICALLY USEFUL.

WHAT WE DID IN THE REPORT IS ASK PEOPLE DOING THE WORK WHAT WERE BARRIERS AND WHAT FACILITATED CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND GOT A WIDE RANGE OF ANSWERS THAT WERE USEFUL THAT WE LAID OUT IN THE REPORT IN TERMS OF HOW FOUNDATIONS CAN THINK ABOUT THIS STUFF.

AND ALSO HOW WE CAN REFRAME CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS SOMETHING THAT GOVERNMENT POLICY HAS A BIG HAND IN PLAYING.

FOR EXAMPLE, CONSISTENT BUDGET CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH CLINICS AND THAT STUFF.

AND THAT DOES HAVE AN ADVERSE AFFECT ON PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO GET OUT TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND THAT KIND OF THING.

RETHINKING THOSE POLICIES AS WELL AS FUNDING THESE SOCIAL SERVICES IS CRUCIAL IN ENCOURAGING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

>> MY THANKS TO YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS MONDAY NIGHT.

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