District 65 schools, Evanston Township High School closed Wednesday
Evanston Township High School and schools and centers in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will close Wednesday due to below-freezing temperatures with extreme wind chills, ETHS and District 65...
View ArticleReport card for Illinois education draws attention to opportunity disparities
Education Week’s Quality Counts 2015 report gave Illinois a “C” in education in its annual assessment of states’ public K-12 schools. The education report produced grades for the 50 U.S. states and...
View ArticleEvanston Township High School to host annual jazz festival
Evanston Township High School will host the 12th annual High School Jazz Festival on Sunday. The Jeff Hamilton Trio will headline the evening’s performance, according to ETHS bands’ website. The trio...
View ArticleD202 Board of Education approves capital improvements projects
The District 202 Board of Education on Monday unanimously approved the district’s capital improvements projects for 2015 and the proposed five-year capital improvements plan. Projects at Evanston...
View ArticleHolocaust Museum speakers discuss housing segregation in Chicago area
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center hosted more than 120 people for a lecture and discussion on racial segregation and economic disparity Thursday night. David Stovall, a professor at...
View ArticleNorthwestern administrator awarded at YMCA gala
The McGaw YMCA hosted a gala Saturday to honor a local foundation and a Northwestern faculty member with an award that recognizes their contributions to Evanston youth. The gala, themed “Fly Me to the...
View ArticlePercentage of low-income students in Evanston public schools below national...
The percentage of Evanston students who qualify for free or reduced lunches is slightly below the national average, which for the first time is more than half of all public school students. A study...
View ArticleNorthwestern, local academics react to Obama’s community college plan
In the aftermath of President Barack Obama’s announcement to make community college free, critics are assessing the quality and feasibility of the proposal, including the president of Oakton Community...
View ArticleEvanston waits to see impact of Rauner fiscal plans
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first executive order declared a “financial crisis” in Illinois, but Evanston organizations must wait until Feb. 18 to see his fiscal plan and decide how to adapt. The most likely...
View ArticleEvanston, Skokie superintendents discuss state of local schools
Superintendents of District 202, which serves Evanston Township High School, and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 delivered a “State of the Schools” address at ETHS on Thursday evening, the first...
View ArticleEvanston Public Library hosts undocumented immigrant to read from memoir
A writer recounted living as an undocumented immigrant from on Sunday at the Evanston Public Library. Jose Angel N., a professional translator who lives in Chicago, visited the library, 1703 Orrington...
View ArticleEvanston schools will move forward with PARCC testing
Although some Chicago schools are pushing back against new state-mandated testing, Evanston-area schools will proceed despite administrative uneasiness. PARCC testing, which stands for Partnership for...
View ArticleNew youth center slated to open in March
A new youth center, originally scheduled to open in January and meant to provide out-of-school opportunities for middle school students, will open soon at the McGaw YMCA. The MetaMedia Youth Center —...
View ArticleEvanston residents discuss role of African-American soldiers in World War I
The Evanston Public Library held a discussion Tuesday centered on a novel about the first African-American regiment sent to battle in World War I. Lesley Williams, EPL’s head of adult services, said...
View ArticleDistrict 65 schools to close Thursday due to extreme cold
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 has announced that all schools and centers will be closed Thursday, Feb. 19, due to extreme cold weather conditions. The National Weather Service issued a wind chill...
View ArticleDistrict 202 Board of Education candidates discuss platforms
The five candidates in the upcoming election for District 202’s school board discussed Evanston Township High School and the problems facing the school in a forum Monday evening. Mark Metz, Anne Sills,...
View ArticleEvanston high school students lead after-school program on media, health
A new after-school program about the media’s influence on health concluded Feb. 26 with a session spent making a video that highlighted what Evanston elementary school students learned about nutrition...
View ArticleEvanston Township High School student group reaps AP successes
Evanston Township High School has garnered national recognition for the rapidly increasing success of its Advanced Placement program, following the release of a memorandum from the District 202 school...
View ArticleEvanston parents, teachers discuss potential detriments of PARCC testing
Parents, teachers and community members met Tuesday evening to discuss the possibility of children enrolled in Evanston school districts opting out of future state-mandated PARCC testing. About 20 to...
View ArticleOakton Elementary School principal announces resignation
The principal of Oakton Elementary School announced his resignation this week, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 said Thursday. Churchill Daniels Jr. told staff March 27 of his decision to step down...
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