remote learning

For parents of children with disabilities, in-person school during COVID-19 has been a top priority. For these students and families, school is more than a classroom: It’s a place for one-on-one therapies and important socialization.

As remote schooling swept the nation, parents realized that many kids lacked desks at home

A Chicago man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female relative in an act witnessed in an online forum used for remote teaching, authorities said. Catrell Walls, 18, is charged with a felony count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13, Chicago police said. He was ordered held without bond Saturday. Walls was seen via…

Students and parents are expected to gather Monday to push for in-person learning at Stevenson High School following months of remote learning. According to a release, Stevenson High School students, parents, medical experts and supporters will gather at the school in Lot B in support of in-person learning. The group said they plan to walk the sidewalk to the “grassy…

Countless parents in East St. Louis say they are relying on minimal resources while struggling to gain internet access to help their children participate in remote learning at area schools during the coronavirus pandemic. East St. Louis is a largely Black community where nearly 40% of residents live below the federal poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Melissa Lawson,...

Several parents in Glen Ellyn District 97 took part in a protest Monday, calling for in-person learning. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando has the story.

Charges have been filed in the case of a high school party in Sudbury, Massachusetts, that led to the local school district moving to remote learning for the start of the year, police said Monday.

Dr. Femi Skanes, Morgan Park High School principal, reveals her biggest takeaways from the first week of remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chicago Public Schools’ students in a seventh grade remote learning session were on the receiving end of profanities from an unwelcome guest this week. The intruder, who managed to join an active eLearning session, hurled insults at Mariono Azuela Elementary students and their teacher and appeared to make a threat. Rebecca Moreno said her son recorded video of the intruder…

Remote learning is in full swing across the Chicago area, but this week some Chicago Public School 7th graders and their teacher received an unwelcome guest in their virtual classroom. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Social service agencies across Chicago are helping working parents manage their kids’ remote learning. As NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter found out, it is quite an adjustment for teachers and students.

Chicago Public Schools began a new school year on Tuesday, but with some major changes as the coronavirus pandemic has forced the district to continue remote learning. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Remote learning will be a big part of many students’ school year, presenting challenges for both kids and parents. To help, Habeeb Quadri, superintendent of the Muslim Community Center Academy, created the 5 C’s of Remote Learning, packed with tips to help survive and thrive this year.

A South Side Catholic school is temporarily reversing course on its plan to conduct in-person instruction after four students tested positive for coronavirus.

Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday released its “final reopening framework,” offering specifics on a remote learning plan the district announced earlier this month.

On Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced all undergraduate in-person classes will shift to remote learning after four student housing units reported coronavirus outbreaks. Noah Monroe is a current freshman at UNC who said his friends are scared of getting sick.

As students and their families were preparing to begin a new school year in person, an emergency meeting and subsequent decision caught many parents off guard. “I really thought that on Friday the 21st that school bus was going to roll up and my kids were going to be on it. I really did,” Becky Kastys, a mother with two…

As students and their families were preparing to begin a new school year in person, an emergency meeting and subsequent decision caught many parents off guard. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

Monday marked the first day of school at Evanston Township High School, but classes weren’t held behind the walls of District 202’s red brick building. For right now, students’ home are their classrooms. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.

An Illinois school district is responding after changes to its handbook indicated students would not be allowed to wear pajamas while remote learning. Under an updated handbook from Springfield Public Schools, students who choose remote learning will be subject to the school’s current dress code, which prohibits pajama pants. The dress code changes were among several adjustments for remote...