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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


Evanston Township High School, a brick building, with flowers in front.

District 65, 202 Boards of Education discuss collaboration with NU, literacy efforts in joint meeting

February 22, 2023

The Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Boards of Education spoke about Northwestern’s district partnerships and literacy updates for both districts at a...

Purple and green book open to a page with trees and green and pink plants popping out, set against a black chalkboard with letters in white extending out to the corner.

District 65 to emphasize skills like word recognition, phonics and language comprehension in literacy curriculum

February 8, 2023

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is updating its K-8 literacy curriculum to emphasize necessary foundational skills, including word recognition and language comprehension, needed to read complex texts. Last...

The word ‘dyslexia’ is imposed on a background of blue and red letters.

Reading the signs: Parents advocate for District 65 dyslexia diagnosis, reading support

May 24, 2022

M., an Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parent, started seeing signs of dyslexia in her youngest child Peter in preschool. Peter struggled to identify and match sounds with letters, but his kindergarten...

The front of the Evanston/Skokie District 65 building.

The Illinois State Board of Education might change its standardized testing system. Here’s what Evanston educators think

April 21, 2022

After receiving community feedback, the Illinois State Board of Education is considering making changes to the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, which third through eighth grade students take at the end...

The Evanston/Skokie District 65 Education Center

A D65 drama teacher sued the district over antiracism programming. Here’s how it has unfolded so far.

February 28, 2022

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar filed a lawsuit in June challenging the district's antiracism programming. Deemar, who is white, is represented by the Southeastern Legal...

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