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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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A woman photographs art created by local students at an Evanston festival Saturday hosted by the Young Evanston Artists foundation. Known as YEA! Day, the annual event showcases the work of about 1,000 students from pre-kindergarten through high school.

Evanston showcases local youth art at annual festival

May 18, 2014

Evanston’s streets were packed Saturday with colorful paintings, drawings and sculptures created by local youth in an annual art festival held by Young Evanston Artists. YEA!, a nonprofit dedicated...

Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board member Sunith Kartha talks about district food policy. Parents and district officials met Thursday to discuss a proposed rule that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared.

District 65 to restrict locally prepared food in schools

May 1, 2014

District 65 parents voiced heated opposition Thursday night to a proposed district policy that would require all food served at school events to be commercially prepared. The Evanston/Skokie School District...

District 65 Assistant Superintendent Susan Schultz listens as fellow Assistant Superintendent Ellen Fogelberg discusses the role of the district's many instructional leadership teams. The teams are part of district and school-level improvement plans developed in response to three schools and the district overall missing standardized test goals.

Evanston teachers, administrators discuss changes to school-improvement planning

October 23, 2012

Evanston-Skokie District 65 school board members approved improvement plans Monday after the district and three schools missed state standardized test benchmarks. The plans, which cover issues such...

Evanston residents discuss Evanston art’s future

October 7, 2012

Prioritizing arts in schools and improving communication among arts-related groups were some ideas developed at a Saturday morning public discussion of the future of art in Evanston. About 25 people...

Evanston elementary schools participate in International Walk to School Day

October 3, 2012

Evanston/Skokie District 65 elementary school students skipped the bus in favor of walking on Wednesday as part of International Walk to School Day. Every D65 elementary school was registered to participate,...

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