Most schools that are anticipating few students are in Black and Latino neighborhoods with high rates of COVID-19 infections or deaths. In addition, the schools serve high numbers of low-income students. Of the 156,000 students considered low-income that were offered in-person instruction, just 32% of them say they are coming.
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.