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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...
Evanston Township High School senior Sajeda Yagoub said she doesn’t often feel represented in her history classes. “When you hear about U.S. history, it’s usually like, ‘Oh, this white guy did this,’ and it’s usually about Christians,” Yagoub, who is Muslim, said. “But you never hear about the people from other religions that also made...
Students in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 returned to in-person learning this fall, but they didn’t leave their iPads and laptops at home. Instead, devices will continue to be incorporated inside and outside the classroom, the district’s technology team said. District 65 adopted a one-to-one technology program during the pandemic, allowing students access to their own...
Evanston/Skokie School District 65’s revised social studies curriculum, which aims to increase focus on marginalized communities, is set to be mostly complete by this summer. The curriculum will involve nine equity components informed by the Illinois State Board of Education’s Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards — including interrogating systems of oppression, leveraging student activism, orienting toward social justice and prioritizing historically marginalized students. Jamila Dillard, the district’s director of social sciences and instructional technology integra...