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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


The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Education Center, located at 1500 McDaniel Ave. The building is tan with blocky frosted windows and a frame of greenery.

District 65 talks academic growth with new accelerated math curriculum

April 6, 2022

A new accelerated learning curriculum improved middle school math outcomes last year, but racial disparities in achievement persist, according to a Monday District 65 school board report.  Since 2021,...

A marker drawing of a student’s purple silhouette, sitting at a desk in front of a large black chalkboard.

D65 places more students with disabilities in general education, but racial achievement gap persists

March 25, 2021

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 placed more students with disabilities in general education settings, but the racial gap in Measures of Academic Progress exam scores remains, according to a report presented...

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...

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