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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


A table of books about Martin Luther King Jr. sits inside the Evanston Public Library.

Evanston Public Library holds MLK Day of Celebration and Service

January 21, 2025

Community members celebrated activist Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and worked on service projects during the Evanston Public Library’s MLK Day of Celebration and Service on Monday. Kids made bracelets...

The decision supersedes District 65’s initial plan to transfer Bessie Rhodes’ seventh and eighth graders to their neighborhood schools.

District 65 to keep 7th, 8th grade Bessie Rhodes classrooms open for school year

November 9, 2024

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will allow seventh and eighth grade students at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies to finish classes there for the 2024-25 school year under a modified staffing...

The Weekly: 2024 election preview, Bessie Rhodes uncertainty, response to House committee antisemitism report

November 4, 2024

What’s on the ballot for Evanston voters this election season? What will happen to the seventh and eighth grade classes at the Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies? The Daily answers these questions...

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...

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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