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Illinois in middle of the pack for in-person learning for all grades

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Illinois school districts that offer in-person learning to all grades made up 29.5 percent of the total as of Feb. 22, the 26th highest share among all 50 states, according to an online instructional tracker developed by the American Enterprise Institute.

Among the remainder of the Illinois districts, 50.2 percent were classified as hybrid, while 20.3 percent had fully remote instruction, according to the instructional tracker, which was created in partnership with Davidson College.

Fully in-person districts are defined as allowing students in all grades to have in-classroom instruction. Hybrid districts provide in-person instruction for only a portion of each week or only certain grades. And fully remote districts mandate online instruction for all grades, with the exception of some small groups.

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Mar 24, 21 @ 3:05 pm

Comments

Seems like whenever they do bring a school back to in-person a minority actually takes them up on it, so in that regard being in the middle of the pack isn’t bad at all.

Comment by cermak_rd Wednesday, Mar 24, 21 @ 4:06 pm
We have kept our two typically-developing children doing remote learning, and sent our child with developmental differences back in person. My husband and I are both able to work from home (and opposite shifts — he works 1st, I work 2nd — so the kids have an adult available all day), so we felt obligated to keep our kids home since we could, and we know a lot of parents who don’t have that option. We also know a LOT of parents of children with special needs who DESPERATELY need to be back in school — like our kid — and need to be receiving in-person therapies, so anything we could do to reduce transmission, for children who require in-person therapies and parents who require daytime school childcare for their kids to do their front-line jobs.

I have a lot of worries about long-term impact, especially on my youngest who has been home for a year and is only 5. And MORE especially on the many, many children in Illinois with IEPs who have not been receiving adequate services for the past year. I’m hopeful the state and feds will continue to provide support and services as we transition back to “real life,” and as we face the long-term implications of this year away from socialization, school, and necessary supports.

Comment by Suburban Mom Wednesday, Mar 24, 21 @ 5:53 pm
@suburban mom- the three sets of stimulus funding are providing a massive influx of funding for schools. It is likely that your district received significant funding. If they didn’t they definitely didn’t need it.

That said, it is fIr to contact your district or go to a school board meeting (in person or virtual) and ask them how they will use the minimum of 20% of the funds to address learning loss. You have a right to know. We will make our plan public at our next school board meeting.

Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Mar 24, 21 @ 6:28 pm