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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


District 202 school board vice president Monique Parsons speaks at a meeting in May 2017.

New school board members elected in D202 emphasize equity

April 2, 2019

Evanston elected two newcomers and one incumbent to the Evanston Township High School/District 202 board during Tuesday’s municipal election. Monique Parsons, the board’s current vice president,...

Suni Kartha speaks at a District 65 board meeting. Board members discussed the accusation of discriminatory practices voiced against Nichols principal Adrian Harries.

District 65 board members condemn attacks on Nichols principal

April 23, 2018

Evanston/Skokie District 65 board members evaluated successes and areas for improvement in their strategic plan to close the gap between black and white student academic performance. The discussion comes...

Nichols Middle School principal Adrian Harries speaks with two students. Following claims that his faculty training practices were discriminatory, the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership and the school board expressed support for Harries, calling the criticisms “mischaracterizations.”

OPAL, District 65 express support for Nichols principal after claims of discriminatory practices

April 16, 2018

The Organization for Positive Action and Leadership announced its support of the equity work at Nichols Middle School, following a piece in Crain’s Chicago Business that claimed the separation of faculty...

Author John Diamond speaks at Nichols Middle School. He and Amanda Lewis presented to District 65 community members about racial inequality in school districts.

Authors evaluate racial inequities in schools, address District 65 community members

March 7, 2018

Authors and professors Amanda Lewis and John Diamond evaluated the causes of persistent racial inequality in school districts like Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in front of an audience of parents...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) listens at city council. The achievement gap in District 65 widened in 2017 according to the Achievement and Accountability Report.

District 65, community members take closer look at racial achievement gap

February 15, 2018

Henry Wilkins, a parent at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, witnessed the impacts of the achievement gap as a black student growing up in Ohio. Thirty years later in Evanston, he’s not sure...

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