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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/Skokie School District 65 superintendent Paul Goren at a meeting. District 65 plans to provide its middle schoolers with iPads beginning the 2018-19 school year.

District 65 to provide middle schoolers with iPads in technology program

April 30, 2018

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will increase access to technology for its students with the rollout of a 1:1 program in which each student at the middle schools and magnet schools will receive a device. Stacy...

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...

Evanston/Skokie District 65 School Board member Suni Kartha at Tuesday's meeting. Kartha said it is important for schools to set tangible goals to overcome the downward trends.

District 65 board members express concern after downward trend in test scores

January 17, 2018

Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board members reviewed the 2017 Achievement and Accountability Report at a meeting Tuesday, expressing concern about the achievement gap and declining test scores. At...

Bessie Rhodes is a K-8 magnet school located in Skokie that houses a TWI program, which centers bilingual education for its 278 students.

District 65 officials propose 2-way immersion program at Bessie Rhodes School

November 9, 2017

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 officials proposed the creation of a Two-Way Immersion Program at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies on Monday, with the intention to eventually transition the...

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