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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


Anya Tanyavutti speaks at a District 65 board meeting. The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 voted unanimously to adopt next year’s budget.

D65 report reveals overrepresentation, underperformance of black, Latinx students in special education programs

May 19, 2020

A new Evanston/Skokie School District 65 report found that, black and Latinx students are overrepresented and significantly outperformed in special education programs by their white classmates. The...

In D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback

In D65, LGBTQ+ curricula faces pushback

May 12, 2020

Growing up in the 1990s, Brooks Bullock, a special education teacher at Orrington Elementary School, said he didn’t have the language to affirm his sexuality until he started watching “Will & Grace”...

Illinois will receive $4.9 billion total to support state and local governments. Aside from government, Illinois sectors such as public health and transit will receive aid from the CARES Act.

Stimulus bill to fund Evanston school districts, child care programs

April 16, 2020

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202 are slated to receive a total of $1.1 million in federal funding as part of the coronavirus stimulus bill. Local child...

D65 students were scheduled to resume in-person instruction on Sept. 29 but will now do so on Nov. 16 at the earliest.

D65 and D202 communities confront the barriers to online learning

April 10, 2020

As a parent to a Chute Middle School eighth grader with disabilities, Angela Cummings is grateful for the administrators and teachers working around the clock to make online working efficient, but said...

The Evanston/Skokie District 65 Education Center, at 1500 McDaniel Avenue. District 65 will close all schools and switch to online learning until April 12.

D65 to close all buildings, implements online learning through April 12

March 13, 2020

COVID-19 News Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will close all schools and conduct online learning until April 12, according to a Thursday news release. All of the district’s schools and centers...

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