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The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


A teacher sits at a desk grading a paper. Half of the room is shadowed.

ETHS teachers call for increased hiring and retention of Black, Latinx teachers

January 27, 2022

In the fall, the Evanston Township High School math department wrote a letter to the District 202 Board of Education to advocate for hiring more Black teachers in its five-year goals.  According to...

Lake Michigan pictured at sunset. Access to Evanston beaches will be free to all residents on Saturdays through Mondays during summer 2021, with plans for daily free access in summer 2022.

Evanston to offer three free weekly beach days after advocacy against token sales

May 25, 2021

Residents will have free access to Evanston beaches on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays starting this summer.  City Council was initially set to vote Monday on a resolution proposed by Ald. Devon Reid...

Evanston Township High School/District 202 will begin hybrid learning in April.

D202 teachers discuss concerns about hybrid learning announcement

March 11, 2021

After months of collaboration between Evanston Township High School/School District 202 administrators and the school’s certified staff union, teachers said they were blindsided by the  decision to...

Abdel Shakur and other D65 parents speak at a press conference Monday. Black Parents of King Arts are demanding the school take immediate action to address the opportunity gap between black and white students.

Six months after tests scores show wide opportunity gap, black parents are still asking for answers

May 20, 2019
Black Parents of King Arts demanded the school administration take action on the opportunity gap between black and white students at a press conference Monday afternoon at the Joseph E. Hill Education Center.
According to MAP scores, no black students at King Arts meet college readiness standards in the third, fith, sixth and seventh grades. Parents have asked for more cooperation with administration to solve the issue.

King Arts Parents demand partnership with District 65 Officials for equitable education

April 16, 2019

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School parent groups on Sunday afternoon sent a joint email to administrators in the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in response to a town hall which...

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