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Chicago Public Schools is trying to get more than 100,000 computers into the hands of students during the school shutdown.

CPS estimates 115,000 students need computers for e-learning as it tries to close ‘unacceptable digital divide’

April 6, 2020 at 6:09 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will distribute computers to the highest-need students, with priority given to eighth graders, juniors and seniors, who are all at critical moments in their educational careers. Priority...

Derek Nelson and Erika Chavez are waiting to find out what high school their eighth grade daughter, right, will be accepted to attend. They're worried her test scores might be not just misplaced but missing.

Getting an offer to a selective enrollment high school in Chicago is a big deal. But CPS blames a ‘clerical error’ for some students getting passed up.

April 2, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

When the clock struck 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27, eighth grade families throughout Chicago gathered around computers as high school admissions offers started appearing online. But a week later,...

Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Aug. 28, 2019.

The federal coronavirus relief package could send hundreds of millions of dollars to Illinois schools, CPS

April 2, 2020 at 8:33 a.m.

Illinois schools could be getting nearly $570 million through the federal coronavirus stimulus package, according to preliminary allocation estimates from the Illinois State Board of Education. A large portion of...

District 15 worker Dorel Fontagneres packs milk cartons to distribute to families outside Conyers Learning Academy in Rolling Meadows.

Some kids rely on schools for much more than an education. So schools are trying to find ways to reach them during the shutdown.

April 1, 2020 at 5:28 p.m.

It was Friday, March 13, and for teachers at Juliette Low Elementary School in Arlington Heights, the bad luck tied to the date proved prescient. Concerns about the coronavirus had...

With the school shutdown extended through the end of April, Illinois schools are transitioning to remote learning, a model used by a student at Chicago Virtual Charter School at her home in January.

Illinois schools are now shut until May because of coronavirus. Here’s what that means for students, parents and teachers.

April 1, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker just extended the stay-at-home order — and also the statewide school closure — through the end of April. And that means schools are formally making the...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is due to announce new details of a remote learning plan for CPS.

Chicago Public Schools aims to deliver 100,000 computers to students as it plans shift to remote learning, won’t rule out longer school closures

March 30, 2020 at 5:50 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools will officially begin remote learning on April 13 and aims to get tens of thousands of electronic devices into the hands of homebound students — but leaders...

Justin Reyes administers a COVID-19 test to Maria Suarez outside Heartland Health Centers in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood on July 10, 2020.

Schools won’t have to make up days lost to coronavirus but are expected to start remote learning Tuesday, Illinois education agency says

March 30, 2020 at 10:34 a.m.

Illinois schools will not have not make up days lost to the coronavirus shutdown but will have to make the transition to remote learning starting Tuesday, state education officials announced...

The Chicago Board of Education meeting was conducted remotely March 26, 2020, because of coronavirus concerns.

CPS approves emergency coronavirus fund, asks for outside help to provide computers to children who lack them: ‘The resources are finite’

March 26, 2020 at 4:51 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education has unanimously passed a $75 million budget for its coronavirus response, granting top district officials the authority to spend at will and report back later....

Fouad Kaiboussi, shown with his family in their Northwest Side home, started buying laptops and tablets for his children's classmates who couldn't access e-learning activities during the coronavirus school shutdown.

With coronavirus shutting Illinois schools, closing the digital divide is a major challenge amid shift to e-learning

March 26, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

Elizabeth Maldonado has four school-aged children and one laptop for them to use. The computer belongs to her oldest son, a high school sophomore in Little Village. But with Chicago...

Chicago Public Schools proposed spending $75 million on e-learning, extra pay for emergency workers and food preparation, among other things, to respond to the coronavirus.

Chicago Board of Education to vote on $75 million coronavirus response measure during first remote meeting

March 24, 2020 at 11:33 a.m.

The Chicago Board of Education is due to vote Wednesday to set aside $75 million toward its coronavirus response. The school district expects to spend the money in areas like...

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