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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


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Evanston to kick off summer food program Monday

June 13, 2022

Evanston will offer cold breakfast and lunches for people 18 and younger starting Monday.  Residents can pick up meals Monday through Friday each week until August 12. The city will provide breakfast...

An illustration features the outlines of two figures’ faces looking away from one another. A school building and a dividing line appear between them.

Local organizers reflect on city’s history of school segregation

May 14, 2021

Local organizers and experts discussed the history of school segregation in Evanston, the closure of the 5th Ward school and its current impacts on residents at a virtual panel hosted by Evanston Public...

According to MAP scores, no black students at King Arts meet college readiness standards in the third, fith, sixth and seventh grades. Parents have asked for more cooperation with administration to solve the issue.

King Arts Parents demand partnership with District 65 Officials for equitable education

April 16, 2019

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School parent groups on Sunday afternoon sent a joint email to administrators in the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in response to a town hall which...

The Joseph E. Hill Education Center, 1500 McDaniel Ave. Parents at a District 65 school met to brainstorm solutions for a gap in test scores between black students and white students.

Black students in several grades do not meet college benchmark readiness at King Arts School

March 22, 2019

Parents and administrators at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School raised concerns about disparities in the latest Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing between black and white...

District 65 approves solar panels at King Arts magnet school

November 3, 2015

The District 65 School Board approved last month a plan to install solar panels at an Evanston magnet school by the end of the year to boost energy efficiency and to educate students about sustainability. The...

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