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The Daily Northwestern

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


Defining Safe: One teacher’s battle for Asian American studies

Defining Safe: One teacher’s battle for Asian American studies

April 28, 2021

Albert Chan, a social studies teacher at Niles North High School, teaches one of the only high school Asian American studies classes in the country. The class was finally approved in 2016, more than ten...

The right side of an open book with light brown pages. Some of the pages are ripped. The top most page says “Asian American History?” and the background is turquoise.

TEAACH Act could make Illinois first state to mandate teaching of Asian American history in public schools

April 20, 2021

Samantha Fajardo, a first-generation Filipino American and a freshman at Oakton Community College, remembers flipping through her sixth grade social studies textbook and seeing a small paragraph titled...

Evanston Township High School, 1600 Dodge Ave.  ETHS cut its Hebrew program from next years curriculum after superintendent Eric Witherspoon said the district could not find a qualified licensed Hebrew teacher.

ETHS cuts Hebrew program due to low enrollment, lack of teachers

January 9, 2018

The Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board will discontinue the Hebrew program for the 2018-19 school year after failing to find a qualified teacher and a decline in student enrollment,...

Four plead not guilty in shooting death of Skokie high school student

November 11, 2014

The four men arrested in connection with the September shooting of two Skokie high school students pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of first degree murder and attempted murder. The four men, all...

Steve Bynum, the senior producer at public radio station WBEZ, moderates a discussion on youth violence at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. The discussion talked about how young people can stand up to violence in the community.

Community members discuss youth violence in Evanston

October 9, 2014

A panel of local experts discussed youth violence in the community at a forum Wednesday. The two-hour-long discussion, which took place at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, was interspersed with...

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