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a building that says “Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center” on it

Potential D65 school consolidation, closure criteria emphasizes walkability, marginalized student impact

June 24, 2025

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education heard potential school consolidation and closure criteria at its meeting Monday night. Three community committees — focused on district finances,...

Seven people stand in a line.

D65 board updates policies to include sustainability plan, swears in new members

May 5, 2025

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Board of Education unanimously updated district policies to include its sustainability plan at its Committee of the Whole meeting Monday evening.  The board also...

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...

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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...

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