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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


Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks in Springfield on Aug. 17. Rauner signed a bill on Friday aiming to attract out-of-state teachers to Illinois.

Gov. Bruce Rauner signs bill to help out-of-state teachers obtain licenses in Illinois

January 11, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner made a move to attract out-of-state teachers to Illinois on Friday, signing into law a bill that will make it easier to obtain in-state licenses. The bipartisan bill — signed by...

ETHS/D202 Board President Pat Savage-Williams speaks at a community dialogue. Some Evanston Township High School teachers tried to help their students process the election results.

Evanston educators seek to ease post-election anxiety

November 10, 2016

Some teachers and administrators at Evanston Township High School took time out of the school day to help students process the results of Tuesday’s election. Bill Farmer (Weinberg ‘03), the Teachers...

District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren attends a meeting. Goren and Board President Candace Chow said in a update on the website they were “disappointed” that the District Educators’ Council had started the initial process for a strike.

Evanston District 65 teachers consider strike

October 31, 2016

Teachers in District 65 could strike as early as the end of November, after initiating the process last week. Nearly two months into the school year, the District 65 Board of Education and the District...

Washington Elementary School, 914 Ashland Ave., is one of ten elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. The District Educators’ Council and the District 65 Board of Education recently agreed to bring in a mediator for their contract negotiations.

District 65 teachers, board to negotiate using federal mediator

October 3, 2016

Evanston/Skokie District 65 teachers have gone for more than a month without a contract. The District 65 Board of Education and the District 65 Educators’ Council have been in negotiations over the...

ETHS student Asher White says she has waited long enough for the administration to craft a policy on transgender students’ use of locker rooms and bathrooms. White has to change in a separate locker room for gym classes.

ETHS struggles to enact transgender policy

September 22, 2016

Asher White just wanted to use the bathroom. But after a “baffled” security guard at Evanston Township High School saw her exit the girls’ facility, she took an unexpected detour. “I was escorted...

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