D65 and D202 administrators concerned about achieving joint literacy goal
Board members from Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School/District 202 met to discuss progress made on their joint literacy goal at a combined district meeting on Monday....
View ArticleNorthwestern history professor emphasizes influence of black people in...
While the story of John F. Kennedy’s victory in the 1960 presidential election often emphasizes his charisma, his elevated family background and his commitment to fostering a new era, Northwestern...
View ArticleCradle to Career updates joint board on kindergarten readiness
Cradle to Career — a collaborative partnership of organizations in Evanston that work to improve programs for children before kindergarten — set the “bold goal” to increase kindergarten readiness in...
View ArticleDistrict 65 saw an increase in kindergarten literacy scores
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members expressed excitement at a board meeting Monday after looking at data that showed an increase in kindergarten readiness from winter 2019. District 65...
View ArticleWorld Languages Week at Evanston Township High School fosters learning about...
Students at Evanston Township High School have the opportunity to engage with world languages beyond the classroom this week as the school celebrates World Languages Week. The ETHS World Languages...
View ArticleOfficers at Evanston Township High School now equipped with body cameras
Student resource police officers at Evanston Township High School are now equipped with body cameras, according to a February intergovernmental agreement between the ETHS/District 202 School Board and...
View ArticleHow Evanston K-12 schools enforce Title IX
In Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and Evanston Township High School District 202, Title IX requires that students have the resources to report misconduct in relation to gender. Enacted in 1972,...
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Evanston Organizes: Officer and Gentlemen Academy rallies community around youth
Growing up in a single-parent household in Chicago’s south suburbs, Evanston Police Department Officer Adam Howard lacked a positive male figure. To him, being a role model for Evanston’s youth is...
View ArticleETHS Board of Education discusses courses, workforce
Evanston Township High School/District 202 board members examined opportunities for ETHS students to enter the workforce and explore career interests at a school board meeting Monday. Peter Bavis,...
View ArticleETHS teacher wins Golden Apple Award
Evanston Township High School history and social sciences teacher Corey Winchester (SESP ’10) was selected Monday as a recipient of the 2019 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. Golden Apple...
View ArticleParents call on school board members to support Dawes Elementary School in...
On track to have five principals in five years, parents, teachers and students at Dawes Elementary School are at “a tipping point,” said Laurie Haverkamp, who has a students in the second grade and...
View ArticleBlack students in several grades do not meet college benchmark readiness at...
Parents and administrators at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School raised concerns about disparities in the latest Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) testing between black and...
View ArticleFour Candidates vie for three spots on Evanston Township High School/District...
Evanston residents will head to the polls today to determine the Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board members. Four candidates are running for three open seats on the D202 school...
View ArticleNew school board members elected in D202 emphasize equity
Evanston elected two newcomers and one incumbent to the Evanston Township High School/District 202 board during Tuesday’s municipal election. Monique Parsons, the board’s current vice president, joined...
View ArticleNew D202 school board members to apply equity lens on achievement gap, literacy
Newly elected Evanston Township High School/District 202 school board members plan to put issues concerning equity and bridging the achievement gap at the forefront of their agendas. Following...
View ArticleAuthor Nicholas Pearce describes finding true purpose, regardless of life stage
For the many people feeling trapped in their day-to-day lives, unsure if what they are doing really matters, author Nicholas Pearce said a solution could be finding authenticity in one’s true purpose...
View ArticlePolicy brief calls for increased attraction, retention of teachers of color...
Teachers with Teach Plus, a teacher leadership organization, issued a policy brief Thursday that offered recommendations for attracting, retaining and developing teachers of color in Illinois. The...
View ArticleUp for sale, Family Focus commits to maintaining presence in Evanston
The Family Focus Evanston building, is up for sale, but Merri Ex — the president and CEO of Family Focus, Inc. — said Family Focus in Evanston is “not closing.” “We are not leaving Evanston,” Ex said....
View ArticleEvanston Organizes: Family Focus provides long-standing sense of community in...
This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. On any given day after school, children shuffle from program to program at Evanston Family Focus. Located at...
View ArticleSix of seven elected D202 board seats filled by women after new members sworn in
Three newly elected Evanston Township High School/District 202 board members were officially sworn in Monday during a board meeting at Evanston Township High School. Newcomers Stephanie Teterycz and...
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