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Virus Outbreak Schools

State governments, and education officials working to return as many children as possible to the classroom. Amid new evidence that it may be safe to seat students closer together, states including Illinois and Massachusetts are allowing 3 feet of distance.

Elise Amendola

Students Reflect On A Year Of Remote Learning

By  Bianca Martin
   

Reset hears from several Illinois students from varying age groups on what their experience with remote learning has been like over the past year and their feelings on getting back to the classroom.

GUESTS: Nate Butkus, 5th grader at Hillcrest Elementary School; podcast host of The Show About Science and The Show About Politics And History

Eleanor Tobin, 5th grader at Edison Regional Gifted Center

Stevie Rezac, junior at Lane Tech High School

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