“But the mission of the work is really about collaboration that benefits both NU and ETHS in ways that enhance the educational experience of all students.” “Some folks might assume that the work of the high school partnership is about increasing an admissions pipeline for ETHS students to go to Northwestern,” Perkins said. ETHS history department faculty have attended One Book One Northwestern events, she said, and undergraduate students have led computer skills workshops in Spanish for ETHS parents.
Perkins said Kellogg School of Management students have organized trips to ETHS entrepreneurship classes. NU and ETHS Partnership Coordinator Kristen Perkins also discussed current projects by the NU-ETHS partnership office. “It’s not just an inquiry that academics are interested in that doesn’t help locally.”
“Instead of traditional mosquito-type research, the research happens in the district and it’s co-designed so that it relates to actual problems of practice and district priorities,” Ferrin said.
She cited programs like Learn and Imagine Together Through Theater, a collaboration for students interested in theatre Tunepad, which uses music and problem solving through coding with students and SportSense, which gives athletes feedback on their performance.Įmily Ferrin, interim assistant dean at NU for community education partnerships, presented the Northwestern-Evanston Education Research Alliance, which studies equity and student success in Evanston. NU and District 65 Partnership Coordinator Jen Lewin said the University has supported local schools through various joint District 65 initiatives. Several members from the Office of Community Education Partnerships at NU presented their efforts to engage with the local school districts. The Evanston Township High School District 202 and Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Boards of Education spoke about Northwestern’s district partnerships and literacy updates for both districts at a joint meeting Tuesday.
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