CPS Kicks Off School Year: What To Expect

After months of back and forth on whether to go all-remote, Chicago Public Schools is kicking off its first day of classes Tuesday.

By Meha Ahmad
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Students across Chicago Public Schools have been picking up books at their school buildings to use at home as remote learning gets underway starting on Tuesday for at least the fall quarter. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ
back-to-school
Students across Chicago Public Schools have been picking up books at their school buildings to use at home as remote learning gets underway starting on Tuesday for at least the fall quarter. Manuel Martinez / WBEZ

CPS Kicks Off School Year: What To Expect

After months of back and forth on whether to go all-remote, Chicago Public Schools is kicking off its first day of classes Tuesday.

By Meha Ahmad

Remote learning begins Tuesday at Chicago Public Schools. From concerns over broadband internet access to too much screen time, school administrators, parents and faculty have been wringing their hands about whether or not the school year would proceed without any glitches.

Reset checks in with WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp on how the first day of school is going so far.

GUEST: WBEZ education reporter Sarah Karp