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

So far, school days lost to the coronavirus in Illinois don’t have to be made up. But how long can that continue?

March 24, 2020 at 6:18 p.m.

When Illinois schools shut down last week to slow the spread of coronavirus, the mandated days without classroom instruction were deemed "act of God" days, meaning they won't have to...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson gives an update on the schools at a news conference at the Chicago Office of Emergency Management on March 10.

As coronavirus shutdown extended, CPS families brace for another month without classes: ‘It’s not just school that’s canceled’

March 20, 2020 at 8:28 p.m.

For Bell Elementary's upcoming production of "James and the Giant Peach," Lisa Mauch Miranda's seventh-grade daughter was supposed to play the mysterious old man who gives James the magic seeds....

Auguste Farmer, a student at Chicago Virtual Charter School, follows along during a math lesson at her home in January. The state education board has denied the school's appeal to stay open.

Coronavirus is pushing thousands of Illinois kids into e-learning. But the school that pioneered the model in Chicago has just been forced to close.

March 24, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

In the midst of the coronavirus-prompted statewide school shutdown that has brought distance learning to the forefront, Illinois' first and only primarily online public school has lost its appeal to...

A student walks to Lake View High School in Chicago on March 16, the last day before a statewide school shutdown ordered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker began.

Illinois statewide school closure extended into April as stay-at-home order issued to stem coronavirus spread

March 23, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

The shutdown of Illinois elementary and high schools will be extended through at least April 7 in the continued effort to impede the coronavirus. Gov. J.B. Pritzer issued the order...

Students walk to Lake View High School in Chicago on the last day before Chicago Public Schools shut down to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

With Chicago Public Schools, New Trier, others extending their shutdown, there’s a ‘very real possibility’ that could happen statewide

March 20, 2020 at 1:30 p.m.

Just three days into a school shutdown prompted by the coronavirus, Chicago Public Schools announced it will stay closed at least an additional three weeks — and Illinois education officials...

Spring SAT tests have been canceled this spring because of coronavirus. CPS is trying to determine what to do about the SAT and PSAT that were to be administered in its high schools this spring.

Coronavirus has canceled the SAT college entrance exams. With CPS schools now closed until April 21, what happens to other spring standardized tests?

March 19, 2020 at 8:48 p.m.

Since August, Lincoln Park High School junior Luke Marren has completed more than 7,000 practice questions for a college entrance exam that continues to elude him. He was signed up...

Officials reassure residents that grocery stores and gas stations will remain open as Illinois cases hit 422

March 19, 2020 at 9:03 p.m.

State and local officials on Thursday praised Chicago's resilience and reassured Illinoisans that essential aspects of daily life will continue, as the human toll of the coronavirus escalated with three...

Every public and private school in Illinois is closed because of the coronavirus. Here’s what you need to know.

March 19, 2020 at 6:54 p.m.

Efforts to slow the spread of the new coronavirus mean every public and private school in Illinois is closing Tuesday, if it hasn't already. How long will schools be closed?...

Lincoln Park High School students protest recent changes in school administration Feb. 6, 2020.

Lincoln Park dean reinstated; other investigations pending

March 17, 2020 at 8:33 p.m.

One of the Lincoln Park High School administrators suspended in a leadership shake-up earlier this year has been reinstated. Dean John Johnson, who was removed from the school "due to...

A student wearing a mask and rubber gloves walks with other students to Lake View High School in Chicago on Monday, the last day of classes before a coronavirus-related shutdown of all CPS schools.

First the teachers strike, now the coronavirus: CPS shuts down for 2nd time this school year as fall walkout now looks like ‘dry run’ for new disruption

March 17, 2020 at 12:44 a.m.

By noon Monday, Kyle Hickman's two school-age children had painted, colored, constructed a spacecraft with Legos and taken a walk. Their afternoon plans included designated reading time and lessons through...

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