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The Atlantic What Happens When a Slogan Becomes the Curriculum A curriculum inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement is spreading, raising questions about the line between education and indoctrination. March 14, 2021 Adam Maida / Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic Last month, a public-school district that serves mostly elementary and middle-school students in Evanston, Illinois, held its third annual Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action—using a curriculum, created in collaboration with...

Evanston Now First version was pulled last month over clarity and equity concerns. Irina Strelnikova/Shutterstock After stopping a community survey in its tracks last month “to re-evaluate for clarity and use of an equity lens,” as Superintendent Devon Horton said, the financially strapped Evanston/Skokie School District is once again asking for public input on future budget cuts. But this latest survey is different in several ways than the one which was “paused...

Evanston Now D65 Chief: Administration cuts are coming Superintendent says they will be included in $1.9 million budget reduction which also trims other employees and rearranges bus schedule for savings. Washington Elementary School. (Google Maps) The superintendent of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 says “there will be some administrative cuts” for the next school year. Devon Horton told the Board of Education Monday night that he is not at liberty to disclose...

Tracy Fulce-Gentle had a decision to make.  The 2nd Ward resident faced the same choice as thousands of families across Evanston/Skokie School District 65: Would she send her children back to school when the district resumed in-person learning?  On Feb. 18, nearly half the students attending schools across the district, which serves students in pre-K...

The ransacking of a board member’s car in January was the most visible episode in a pattern of harassment toward Evanston/Skokie School District 65 personnel that began shortly before the start of the school year.  Over the past several months, board members and administrators have received more than a dozen emails containing derogatory, racist and homophobic remarks toward leaders and students pertaining to the district’s announcement of priority groups for in-person learning. An anonymou...

Community leaders discussed the possibility of opening a STEM school in the 5th Ward during an Evanston Township High School Closet Committee workshop Wednesday afternoon. Though the committee usually focuses on providing clothing to students in need, Evanston residents shared updates on Wednesday about the longtime movement to open a 5th Ward school. The Foster School used to serve the area that would be the 5th Ward until the 1970s, when the school closed due to Evanston/Skokie School Distric...

Evanston Now It has turned into the educational equivalent of the "red state/blue state" divide in American politics. Board members at their joint virtual meeting. It has turned into the educational equivalent of the “red state/blue state” divide in American politics. And this divide, between those calling for schools to “reopen” now, versus those supporting continued “remote” education during the coronavirus pandemic was on full display Monday night. Near...

Evanston’s chapter of the NAACP celebrated Black history and discussed local racial equity initiatives in education, policing and healthcare at their virtual Black History Month event Monday. The event featured a brief video showcasing the importance of teaching Black history and honoring historic figures like Charles G. Woodson, who ensured Black history would not be left untold in the country’s chronicles. Virtual participants included representatives from Evanston/Skokie School District ...

Evanston Now District seeks community views on an array of possible ways to raise revenue and cut expenses. School bus graphic Sergii Tverdokhlibov/Shutterstock.com Should Evanston/Skokie School District 65 sell ads on school buses to raise revenue? Should each teacher have more students per class, to save money? And in one of the most potentially controversial issues, should any of the District’s schools be closed or consolidated? Those are among the questions in a...

Evanston Now D65: Kids might switch schools every three grades As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings. The District 65 board meeting Monday night. As Evanston/Skokie District 65 looks to redistrict school attendance zones, one option on the table will apparently be changing the mix of grades in buildings. Currently, the district’s 10 elementary sch...