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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 Joseph E. Hill Early Education Center. Last month, the District 65 Educators’ Council began a strike process to urge board members to strike a deal on contract negotiations.

District 65 teachers, board continue negotiating as possible strike date looms

November 15, 2016

Hundreds of people, mostly teachers and community members, showed up to the District 65 school board meeting Monday to urge board members to reach a deal amid ongoing contract negotiations. Earlier...

District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren attends a meeting. Goren and Board President Candace Chow said in a update on the website they were “disappointed” that the District Educators’ Council had started the initial process for a strike.

Evanston District 65 teachers consider strike

October 31, 2016

Teachers in District 65 could strike as early as the end of November, after initiating the process last week. Nearly two months into the school year, the District 65 Board of Education and the District...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Paul Goren and District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon speak at an event this year. Goren and Witherspoon outlined steps schools are taking to combat the possibility of a clown hoax reaching Evanston.

Community members discuss potential clown ‘threat’ with Halloween looming

October 19, 2016

With Halloween approaching, a city committee is taking steps to discourage clowns from creating a disturbance. Police and school officials spoke to roughly 20 attendees at a City-School Liaison Committee...

District 65 introduces racial and educational equity statement, appoints equity consultant

June 15, 2016

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education specified implementations to move forward with the racial and educational equity initiative, first introduced in December, at a board meeting Monday...

School District 202, along with Evanston/Skokie School District 65, could lose millions of dollars under a new state Senate bill that would reallocate funds. The bill passed the Senate last Tuesday, and it is currently being reviewed in the Illinois House.

Education officials struggle with current funding proposals

May 15, 2016

Although Evanston education officials said they do not agree with Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to fund education using the current model, they do not believe new Illinois Senate legislation to reallocate...

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