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217 Today: Urbana’s Yankee Ridge Multilingual School opens to support bilingual education

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  • Photo: Emily Hays / Illinois Public Media

Friday, August 23, 2024

Today’s headlines:

  • Kamala Harris summoned Americans to reject political divisions and chart what she called a “new way forward.”
  • This week’s Democratic National Convention was also the chance to learn more about vice presidential candidate Tim Walz.
  • Former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger got a primetime role at the Democratic National Convention.

In today’s deep dive, we’ll listen to a conversation with the principal of the new multilingual elementary school in Urbana.

217 Today is produced by Stephanie Mosqueda. Reporting today contributed by Reginald Hardwick, Christine Hatfield, Dave McKinney and Emily Hays. 

 

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Stephanie Mosqueda

Stephanie Mosqueda is a senior majoring in journalism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with minors in Spanish and public relations. She is the 217 Today producer and a reporter for the Illinois Student Newsroom.