The deadline has passed for schools to communicate their plans to families, and while the details vary, they’re all built around the same minimum structure. Chicago Public Schools estimates 115,000 of its 355,000 students need a laptop or tablet to use at home; The district has about 100,000 it’s planning to distribute this week.
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.