This Week In Illinois History: Remote Learning By Radio (September 13, 1937)

from This Week in Illinois History · host Clint Cargile

When a deadly polio outbreak hit Chicago in 1937, the city shuttered its schools. But kids didn’t get a free pass. They took part in a remote learning experiment with the best technology available: the radio.

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