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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

Washington Elementary School, 914 Ashland Ave., is one of 10 elementary schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65. District 65 board members discussed their issues with a new, long-awaited education funding formula that will take effect July 2018.

District 65 board members raise issues with new school funding formula

October 26, 2017

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 officials said new state legislation changing the way schools are funded is a good step forward, but has also brought to light a few concerns. The new “evidence-based”...

Park School, 828 Main St. Park School, along with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School, have labeled single-stall bathrooms as gender neutral.

District 65 schools begin implementing gender neutral bathrooms

October 10, 2017

Some schools in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 have begun to establish transgender-friendly bathrooms in the wake of Evanston Township High School’s decision to enact a transgender locker room policy. This...

Stacy Beardsley, Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s associate superintendent of curriculum and instruction, speaks at a board meeting Monday. Board members discussed expanding the Two-Way Immersion program.

School board considers expansion of Two-Way Immersion program

October 10, 2017

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members debated how to implement new classes for the district’s Two-Way Immersion program, a curriculum in which native English and Spanish speakers attend class...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board president Suni Kartha at a meeting. In response to concerns about the Fiscal Year 2018 budget surplus, Kartha said Monday that the district needs to discuss solutions for spending soon.

District 65 budget passes despite concerns about surplus

September 26, 2017

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members voted Monday to approve the fiscal year 2018 budget even after several residents voiced concerns about the large budget surplus. The surplus, which stood...

Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board vice president Anya Tanyavutti and president Suni Kartha watch a speaker at a board meeting. Tanyavutti and Kartha both voted in favor of the algebra consolidation plan Monday, which passed 5-1.

D65 board approves consolidation of 8th grade algebra courses

June 13, 2017

Responding to data which showed placing 8th grade students into separate Algebra 1 and Algebra 8 courses led to racial inequality, Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board members voted on Monday to combine...

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