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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


In Focus: A Park School teacher faced harassment after coming out as transgender. The school district struggled to act.

In Focus: A Park School teacher faced harassment after coming out as transgender. The school district struggled to act.

June 16, 2020

From a young age, Ren Heckathorne always saw themself as a teacher. Education always fascinated Heckathorne. They became familiar with the classroom and teaching from watching their mother, a special...

The new law required consent be taught required consent be taught in sexual education classes through an eight-part definition through an eight-part definition. Liv Harmening, an educator and advocate at the Northwest Center Against Sexual Assault, said the law was an important update to an outdated curriculum.

New sexual education law tackles “outdated” Illinois school code

May 4, 2020

When State Rep. Ann Williams (D-Chicago) was in high school, she said her sexual education curriculum was taught by a gym teacher who wasn’t trained in the subject. At the time, some of her peers seemed...

Schubert Elementary kindergarten teacher Mary Carey works in her virtual classroom at her home in Chicago. All e-learning will continue through the academic year.

Illinois schools to remain shut through the academic year

April 18, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker suspended in-person instruction across Illinois schools through the remainder of the academic year, altering education plans for the state’s two million students. “My decisions...

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...

Principal Michael Allen. Allen was awarded the 2020 Elementary Principal of the Year award for the North Cook region by the Illinois Principals Association.

North Cook Principal of the Year brings equity work, support to Oakton Elementary

February 25, 2020

Before Michael Allen became a principal, he was just a concerned brother supporting his sibling through high school. Halfway through Allen’s sophomore year at Valparaiso University, he said his brother...

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