Chicago Tribune

After Hurricane Melissa’s exceptionally strong winds subsided, the roots of breadfruit trees clung deep into the fertile Jamaican soil — offering hope and a step toward food security in the future. For the past 16 years, Mary and Mike McLaughlin, Jamaican natives who now live in Winnetka, have helped plant almost half a million fruit trees — mostly non-native breadfruit — … [Read more...] about In hurricane-torn Jamaica, Winnetka couple’s climate-resilient breadfruit program offers food and hope

Learning French in Kelly Karstrand’s classroom at Shepard High School in Palos Heights is a global experience, her students said, one that draws from other countries that speak the language. Students regularly converse with each other in French too, going beyond merely practicing verb conjugations and memorizing words. The Illinois Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages … [Read more...] about Shepard teacher Kelly Karstrand lauded as Illinois Foreign Language Teacher of the Year