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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


Families march during Monday's protest against possible seventh and eighth grade closures.

Teacher shortages, “mismanagement” plague Bessie Rhodes, parents say

October 31, 2024

After her son’s seventh grade math class at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies operated most of the 2023-24 school year without a full-time teacher, K. Tyler found herself asking, “What is...

Families have been protesting the district’s June decision to close down the school after this academic year for the past few months. Some signs the protesters carried featured messages in both English and Spanish; “la lucha sigue” translates to “the struggle continues.”

‘We pick here’: Bessie Rhodes community continues protesting planned 7th, 8th grade closures

October 29, 2024

Juana Vazquez, who has a seventh grader at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, said her daughter, Destiny, has high anxiety around not seeing her friends or teachers.  Destiny Vazquez’s anxiety...

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