Page 10 - Devon Horton News Today

Good Sunday morning, Evanston. Here are the most-read news and feature stories from the past week, plus a few new ones as well.

Dr. Devon Horton was named the sole finalist in the year-long search to fill the post on Tuesday.

As the Superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65, he implemented innovative programs to support Black and Latinx students’ academic growth, including Academic Skills Centers at all campuses.

Superintendent Devon Horton is set to leave Evanston/Skokie School District 65 after being named the sole finalist in Georgia’s DeKalb County School District superintendent search, a District 65 news release said Tuesday.  The DeKalb County Board of Education is expected to vote on Horton’s appointment for the Atlanta-area job later this month.  Horton joined District...

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DeKalb County Schools has announced the sole finalist to be the district's next superintendent. 

Dr. Devon Horton was chosen as the sole finalist to become DeKalb County's next superintendent.

About 15 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents, teachers and students marched two and a half miles through hail and rain Saturday to oppose recent pushback to anti-racist District 65 curricula ahead of Tuesday’s school board election. School board candidates and their supporters from the District 65 Caregivers of Color & Our Village group assembled to...

Evanston resident Janet Alexander Davis’ oldest son attended kindergarten at the Foster School in 1966. Because Foster was in their neighborhood, Davis would walk her son to school every day.  But a year later, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 made Foster a magnet school. When her son started first grade, he had to be bussed to...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton was named the Joseph E. Hill Superintendent of the Year by the National Alliance of Black School Educators.  “I am truly honored to serve this incredible community and humbled to receive this recognition,” Horton said in a statement to students and families. “It’s representative of so many individuals...