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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 Evanston/Skokie District 65 Education Center, at 1500 McDaniel Avenue.

D65 board reviews new support policies for LGBTQ+ staff, students

April 23, 2020

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board reviewed the district’s progress on its support policies for transgender and gender non-conforming students and staff in a Monday Zoom meeting. The updated...

Lori Osborne, the Frances Willard House Museum director, speaks to a crowded room Thursday. She introduced the digital exhibit “Truth Telling: Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells,” which reflects on the conflict between the two historical figures.

Frances Willard House Museum discusses relationship between Willard and Ida B. Wells

November 22, 2019

The question of how to not just “display” but “dismantle” the United States’ racist past was key to a new digital exhibit about Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells. Lori Osborne, the director of...

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