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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


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Local early childhood education centers successfully reduce Pre-K education disparities

February 1, 2022

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education heard updates Monday about the success of students at The Joseph E. Hill Early Childhood Center. Sharon Sprague, the director of Early Childhood...

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SHIELD Illinois provides free COVID-19 PCR tests in Evanston

January 27, 2022

New community testing centers are beginning to open in Illinois through a program known as SHIELD Illinois.  Through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Public Health and the University...

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D65 Student Assignment Project discusses magnet programs, African-Centered Curriculum

January 25, 2022

On Saturday, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s Student Assignment Project Committee discussed expanding magnet programs like the African-Centered Curriculum, which serves students in grades K-5 at...

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Finding your “value magic”: Black Girl Magic Book Club connects elementary school students with protagonists of color

January 23, 2022

When Evanston/Skokie School District 65 teachers Jennifer Tertulien and Jenna Arceneaux interviewed elementary school students in 2018, they asked participants to name a book character that resembled them....

A red-brick building with large, plated glass windows. Beneath one set of windows are a set of raised steel letters with the building name. A short green hedge borders the building in front of a sidewalk.

D65 administration introduces Aspiring Leaders program to board

November 16, 2021

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 diversity hiring specialist Laketa Simpson, introduced the Aspiring Leaders program to the board Monday.  She said the program, which the district created this year,...

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