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“We need transparency now,” Tyrone Muhammad, executive director of Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change, said during a news conference Monday. “ ... How can children learn in an environment where they feel like their lives are in danger?”

This year, history instruction in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 isn’t just coming from textbooks.  As part of the new History Makers Series, three speakers came to D65 schools throughout the year to talk about identity-based research and advocacy. “I wanted to be sure that our history did not get caught up in some of the...

Content warning: This article contains mentions of sexual assault.  With a new city manager selection on the horizon, Evanston’s cohort of new leaders continues to expand.  In areas like education and municipal leadership, local elections and searches have overwhelmingly selected people new to Evanston politics over the past three years. From the mayor to City...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 was awarded a $600,000 grant Monday to continue its teacher residency program, according to a news release.  The $600,000 will support CREATE 65, the district’s first-ever residency program, as it continues through the 2022-23 academic year. A one-year intensive teacher preparation program, CREATE 65 places new teachers into classrooms with students...

Content warning: This article discusses anti-Black hate crimes and murders. Standing in front of a crowd of about 200, Rev. Kalif Crutcher of New Hope Evanston called for police reform, school environments safe from racism and the passage of further voting rights. “We must demand justice. We must demand equality. We must demand equity, and...

Previously, masks inside the school were only “highly recommended.”

Content warning: This article contains profanity and mentions of symbolic hate speech. Students at Haven Middle School participated in a sit-in Friday, which escalated into a large group temporarily gathering outside. The protest was organized order to protest upcoming staffing changes announced around Evanston/Skokie School District 65 earlier this month, District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton wrote...

Deputy superintendent LaTarsha Green offered updates on the Evanston/Skokie School District 65 new strategic plan draft at Monday’s Curriculum and Policy Committee meeting. Green said the strategic plan focuses on five main goals: implementing equity practices, providing access to high-quality and culturally relevant curricula, recruiting and training effective staff, allocating resources for long-term stability and...

The Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Curriculum and Policy Committee discussed conflict mediation and de-escalation training at a Monday meeting. Following recent physical altercations at Haven Middle School, parents and teachers demanded more widespread use of restorative practices and de-escalation education at an April District 65 Board of Education meeting.  Dean of Culture and Climate Elijah...

Crowds of Evanston residents lined Ridge Avenue Thursday morning for YWCA Evanston/North Shore’s annual Stand Against Racism campaign.  Starting at 10:30 a.m., community members holding signs with antiracist messages stood along the Ridge Avenue sidewalk from the YWCA building at 1215 Church St. to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church at 1509 Ridge Ave. After the 15-minute...