Under a proposed law passed by legislators today, Illinois children would have to start school at age 6 instead of age 7.
Northwestern University sophomore committed suicide in early May in a school lab, the Daily Northwestern reported.
The movement to bring vegetable gardens into school started about 11 years ago and is supported by Schools are Gardening in Evanston.
Evanston Township High School athletic director Chris Livatino pulled the baseball team from the playoffs following a school investigation of “sexting” among team members. See what readers had to say.
A stranger drove up to four students walking near Crain Street and Kimball Avenue in Skokie and asked, “How was your day today,” according to District 65 Supt. Hardy Murphy.
Students at Walker School panned for fool's gold, churned butter, square-danced and dressed in period attire for the annual "Pioneer Day" at Walker Elementary School.
The cost of medical insurance for Evanston-Skokie School District 65 employees is going down by three percent next year.
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 honored the winners of the annual Justin Wynn Award at a banquet May 5. The award recognizes two fourth graders from each elementary school.
Evanston Township High School was ranked among the best 2,000 public high schools in the nation. Click on the red dots for more information.
Student Aaron Clarke finished fourth in congressional debate at the national Tournament of Champions, an ETHS team finished fifth in a national math challenge and more school news.
Lincoln Elementary School’s renovation was named 2013 Outstanding Project by Learning By Design magazine.
Freshmen and sophomores star in the high school production of 'Alice in Wonderland' May 3 and 4, 'Sports Illustrated' profiles senior wrestler Tiaira Scott and more news from Evanston Township High School.
The Evanston-Skokie District 65 School Board unanimously approved the project during Monday’s meeting.
Evanston Township High School landed at No. 18 in Illinois on a U.S. News and World Report ranking of public high schools. ETHS dropped one place from 2012, when it ranked No. 17.
Miriam Conrad, the federal defender for Massachusetts, said her office plans to represent Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon Bombing suspect, after he is charged.
See a list of 25 Evanston Township High School students honored during a student of the month breakfast April 19.
Evanston-Skokie School District 65 schools and Evanston Township High School are piloting a program to use local produce at school cafeterias.
Two business teams started in Northwestern University’s entrepreneurship courses won first and second place at the Rice Business Plan Competition.
Evanston Township High School was ranked among the top 2 percent of the most challenging public high schools in the United States, according to annual rankings by the ‘Washington Post.’
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 has canceled all after school activities Thursday, April 18, due to the weather.
Evanston Township High School student Kathryn Brown is among the 135 students named as a Golden Apple Scholar of Illinois.
In honor of David Fodor, director of Evanston Township High School’s band and jazz programs for 22 years, students and alumni will perform two tribute concerts this spring.
This video tells the story of second-grader Penelope, and what it means for her as a student with disabilities to be fully included at Willard Elementary School.
A team of Evanston Township High School seniors are now preparing for the final round of Moody's Mega Math Challenge, a national applied math contest, and more school news from ETHS.
The District 65 board of education formally appointed interim principal Concepcion Calderon as principal of Lincoln Elementary School on Monday, April 8.
Only 6 percent of eligible students at Evanston-Skokie School District 65 participate in a Comcast program that offers cheap Internet access to low-income families.
Evanston/Skokie District 65 HR Director Beth Sagett-Flores will take over as superintendent in Golf School District 67 as of July 1.
The team of first graders from Kingsley Elementary School invented a hairbrush to remove lice.
The Northwestern University class hopes to let 33 students explore philanthropy with real money.
Interim principal Carlos Mendez will formally take over as principal of Dr. Bessie Rhodes Magnet School.
Former associate principal of academic affairs Marcus Campbell will take over as assistant superintendent/principal at Evanston Township High School, replacing Oscar Hawthorne, who resigned to pursue another job.
The Board of Education is expected Monday to approve issuing bonds to fund capital projects throughout the district.
Evanston students were among a team from Chicagoland Jewish High School that took second in a national competition.
All federal programs, except the National School Lunch Program, could be reduced by 5 percent at Evanston/Skokie School District 65.
Evanston-Skokie District 65 has canceled all after school activities except childcare due to the snowstorm on Tuesday, March 5, according to Supt. Hardy Murphy.
Incumbent Tracy Quattrocki says she would advocate for high academic standards, hiring and retaining quality teachers and improving reading over the summer during the early grades, among other issues.
The students from Evanston Township High School's Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Junior Chapter defeated more than a dozen teams.
Management consultant Candance Chow is running for her first term on the District 65 board. Chow stresses the importance of differentiated learning approaches, setting strategic goals and supporting the Inclusion program.
Students saying the tipping point was the mistreatment of a university employee who alleges he found a stuffed black bear hanging from a noose at his desk, the 'Sun-Times' reports.
Current board member Gretchen Livingston advocates for improving student achievement with measurable goals, leveraging relationships with local employers and Northwestern University, and careful stewardship of financial resources.