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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Education

Families march during Monday's protest against possible seventh and eighth grade closures.

Teacher shortages, “mismanagement” plague Bessie Rhodes, parents say

October 31, 2024

After her son’s seventh grade math class at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies operated most of the 2023-24 school year without a full-time teacher, K. Tyler found herself asking, “What is...

District 65 Superintendent Angel Turner told families at the meeting that her priority was to ensure seventh and eighth grade students receive a “high-quality education” before moving to Evanston Township High School.

District 65 delays decision on closing 7th and 8th grade classes at Bessie Rhodes

October 30, 2024

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 wi​​ll delay its decision on closing seventh and eighth grade classrooms at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies until families provide their opinions on...

ETHS civics teacher Betsy Gutstein said in her twenty years at the school, students’ sense of urgency around political issues, including the environment, has increased.

ETHS students visit polls for November election, stress importance of voting

October 29, 2024

Miten Patel, an AP United States Government and Politics teacher at Evanston Township High School, took students to the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, the city’s early voting station, on Tuesday. The...

Families have been protesting the district’s June decision to close down the school after this academic year for the past few months. Some signs the protesters carried featured messages in both English and Spanish; “la lucha sigue” translates to “the struggle continues.”

‘We pick here’: Bessie Rhodes community continues protesting planned 7th, 8th grade closures

October 29, 2024

Juana Vazquez, who has a seventh grader at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, said her daughter, Destiny, has high anxiety around not seeing her friends or teachers.  Destiny Vazquez’s anxiety...

One woman in a red shirt claps, another holds a sign saying “Stronger United!” and another holds a sign saying “We teach, we care, be fair!”

District 65 board discusses meeting with Bessie Rhodes parents, proposals for deficit reduction plan

October 29, 2024

As Evanston/Skokie School District 65 administrators and board members walked into the Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center on Monday, more than 100 teachers in the District 65 Educators’ Council gathered...

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