Little Village second grade teacher Olga Contreras attributes her success to two things. Despite being remote, she managed to create a sense of community through daily Morning Meetings and made her students feel safe. She was also able to split the class into small groups to give them individualized help in areas where they struggle. She has the assistant teacher, the school’s bilingual coordinator, a student teacher and the special education teacher all doing small groups.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.