Asif Wilson, assistant professor Curriculum & Instruction, has been awarded two grants from the State of Illinois
Wilson, along with Education faculty Theopolies Moton III, Tamara Bertrand-Jones, and Jon Hale, has received a $2 million grant from the Illinois State Board of Education. The grant will facilitate the implementation of resources for inclusive social studies and the engagement of teachers across Illinois in professional learning opportunities.
The second grant, from the Illinois Department of Human Services, is for Transforming sites of Black healing in Illinois into K-12 curriculum. The grant will allow Illinois Social Studies teachers to visit three sites of Black freedom and resistance in Illinois. This includes a stop in Champaign, at sites of the 1990’s school desegregation social movement led by Black parents.
