In considering Evanston’s achievement gap, one of the largest in the country, there are many things known: that the gap between racial and ethnic groups occurs between birth and third grade, that academic growth happens at similar rates between grades three and eight regardless of race or income, and that the reasons for the gap are socioeconomically driven. For the poor, opportunity is too expensive, and those disparities have lifelong, adverse effects on their children.
Category: Reports & Analyses
Posted inSchool Achievement
An analysis and viewpoint: Despite talk about equity, District 65 dramatically drops its benchmark for college readiness
On Nov. 14, School District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton advised the School Board that one of the District’s five-year goals is to increase the percentage of students who are on track to college readiness in reading on the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test.
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Analysis: D65 presents 5-year goals, sharply reduces benchmarks for college readiness
At the Nov. 7 Policy Committee meeting, District 65 administrators presented “performance indicators” they plan to use to measure progress in meeting the goals of the five-year strategic plan approved […]
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Letter to the editor: Angela Valavanis
‘The Midwestern blessing of a warm October afternoon’ Windows open on a sunny daynever guaranteed in late Octoberallowing caresses of warm breezesto drift through and freshen the house Fall leaves […]
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Analysis: New goal adopted by District 65 School Board expects ‘average’ growth, which may reinforce existing achievement gaps
The District 65 School Board entered into a new five-year contract with Superintendent Devon Horton on March 14. It replaces the one that was entered into in December 2019. Multiyear […]
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Analysis: Projections of student enrollment at District 65 leave much uncertainty
Projections of student enrollment commissioned by Evanston/Skokie School District 65 and those done internally by the district, coupled with the significant declines in enrollment attributed to COVID-19 in the last […]
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Evanston’s lead pipes called an environmental justice concern
This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. This is the third part of the RoundTable’s three-part series: Lead pipes in Evanston: How local government inaction reinforces inequity. (Part […]
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Eye on Evanston: Thoughts on Design | Why do we need ADUs?
Have you ever walked down an entire alley in Evanston? It often goes: garage, garage, garage, parking pad, garage, garage, then a house! These backyard houses are better known as […]
Posted inCity News
Evanston’s lead pipes won’t be fully replaced for decades. Here’s what homeowners need to know.
This series was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. This is part two of the RoundTable’s three-part series: Lead pipes in Evanston: How local government inaction reinforces inequity. (Part one […]
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We are Water | Water as family: Returning to a kinship worldview
This is the final part of an eight-article series by We are Water Evanston, a community-based participatory research project that explores our relationship with and concerns about water. For more information on […]