District 65 board members raise issues with new school funding formula
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...
View ArticleEvanston school aims to modernize STEM program with new laboratories
With its new science, technology, engineering and mathematics laboratories, the St. Athanasius School in Evanston is looking to modernize its education to a 21st-century standard. St. Athanasius School...
View ArticleLawsuits filed against ETHS, former teacher accused of sexual abuse
Two lawsuits were filed Wednesday following allegations that a former Evanston Township High School drama teacher sexually abused students during his roughly 20-year tenure. The two “John Doe”...
View ArticleFormer ETHS newspaper adviser wins lifetime achievement award
After wrapping up 31 years advising Evanston Township High School’s student newspaper, Rodney Lowe is being honored by the Journalism Education Association. Lowe, who advised The Evanstonian until his...
View ArticleDistrict 65 teacher becomes finalist for Illinois teaching award
Kristin Mitchell — a kindergarten teacher at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Literary and Fine Arts School in Evanston — is a finalist in the annual Golden Apple Awards for Excellence in Teaching &...
View ArticleD65 Green Teams evaluate pilot programs on sustainability, proposes plans for...
At their second meeting Tuesday, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Green Teams members proposed initiatives to reduce waste in lunchrooms and planned a film festival to celebrate Earth Day. District...
View ArticleDistrict 65, community members take closer look at racial achievement gap
Henry Wilkins, a parent at Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies, witnessed the impacts of the achievement gap as a black student growing up in Ohio. Thirty years later in Evanston, he’s not sure...
View ArticleETHS junior part of team to send project into space
Evanston Township High School student Sarah Bloom found out this summer over Facebook Live her all-women team won a competition that will allow them to send an experiment to space. At first, she didn’t...
View ArticleDistrict 65 board members evaluate drop in suspensions through equity lens
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members evaluated new suspension practices with the racial equity impact assessment guide— a 10-step tool for addressing racial disparities. On Monday night,...
View ArticleAldermen vote to approve permit for special education high school
Aldermen voted 7-1 at a City Council meeting on Monday to approve a special use permit for a special education high school in the 2nd Ward to accommodate students with behavioral and emotional needs....
View ArticleNorthwestern administrators, District 202 board members celebrate ETHS,...
Evanston Township High School/District 202 board members and Northwestern representatives celebrated their five-year partnership at a meeting Monday. The board thanked the NU officials for their work...
View ArticleETHS students plan walkout for gun control March 14
When news first broke of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Eric Witherspoon had tears streaming down his face. The Evanston Township High School superintendent...
View ArticleAuthors evaluate racial inequities in schools, address District 65 community...
Authors and professors Amanda Lewis and John Diamond evaluated the causes of persistent racial inequality in school districts like Evanston/Skokie School District 65 in front of an audience of parents...
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ETHS students participate in National Walkout Day
Thousands of Evanston Township High School students walked out of their classes Wednesday in an act of protest against gun violence, joining thousands of students from across the nation to demand gun...
View ArticleCommunity leaders: District 65 should better serve black students
Community members demanded that Evanston/Skokie School District 65 take more action to better serve black students at the Organization for Positive Action and Leadership’s Wednesday community meeting....
View ArticleOPAL, District 65 express support for Nichols principal after claims of...
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...
View ArticleDistrict 202 considers student journalism policy changes
In response to student complaints about censorship, the Evanston Township High School/ District 202 board introduced policy changes to improve communication between student publications and the...
View ArticleMelanie Ilseman one of 19 teachers to receive tenure at ETHS
During her four years at Evanston Township High School, geology and astronomy teacher Melanie Ilseman has worked to revamp the curriculum and learned to code on her own to teach her students. A week...
View ArticleDistrict 65 board members condemn attacks on Nichols principal
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...
View ArticleDistrict 65 to provide middle schoolers with iPads in technology program
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...
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