Before schools reopened, Lightfoot and Jackson warned teachers who didn’t report in for in-person learning would face consequences. Starting Tuesday, the district put 143 teachers on “absent without leave” status, locking them out of district accounts and freezing their pay. As of Friday, 87 teachers were absent without leave.
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.