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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois senators Wednesday heard from educational experts about the difficulties students are experiencing in 2020.
Advance Illinois’ Robin Steans says many students are only now – if that – getting comfortable with remote learning.
“We just lost a semester of school,” said Steans. “And we’re back in school now, and I think all of us know – and, for those of you who are homeschooling — it ain’t the same.”
Whether or not kids have access to these programs does not rely on a competitive grant program,” State Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) said. “When we do that and it’s the policy of state government, that just takes a whole bunch of kids right out of the mix,” said Manar.
A Senate committee heard about early childhood education and literacy.
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