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Gov. JB Pritzker said Illinois saw a 19% increase in COVID-19 related deaths from the week prior, when there were 866 deaths. Anthony Bartley was one of her students going back to 3rd grade. He was a state finalist in the science fair and said he graduated college with a degree in biology thanks to Johnson. "Luba was one of the nicest people I think Ive ever met and she consistently fostered an air of just trying, and doing, your best," Bartley said. The 69-year-old educator developed COVID-19...

For Alexzaundréya Cotton, a seventh grade life sciences teacher at the UChicago Charter School in Woodlawn, the turn to distance learning since March has led to obvious difficulty continuing the same kind of hands-on science learning without a classroom full of tools. "It definitely has required a lot more creativity, teaching science completely remote," she said in an interview. "One of the biggest things Ive tried to overcome is just getting the kids to stay active and engaged." When Cotto...