People are talking about tech in Illinois schools.
You've seen the K-12 “techlash” headlines.Here's what's happening on the ground. FYI
What we believe
Technology offers incredible promise in education and can also do incredible harm. Our goal is neither to promote or advocate against it, but to make this moment legible to parents, educators, technologists, and the general public.
Conversation temperature, last 90 days, 0 to 100
Click a state to see individual school districts. Scores reflect publicly available information. See our methodology.
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State report
Illinois
About 1.8M students · 401 districts checked77
HotRank 16 of 51 states above zeroHigh confidence · 65 signals in 55 events
Where the heat comes from
Hottest districts in Illinois
Latest across Illinois
- CPS agenda: software contract with CDW and SHI raised to $54 million
- ETHS sets AI guidelines allowing teacher-approved use with disclosure
- Joliet HSD 204 board agenda: social media addiction lawsuits
- Riley CCSD 18 agenda: legal services agreement for social media litigation
- Daily Northwestern reports on new ETHS classroom AI rules
- Batavia 101 commenters raise student tech and AI; screen data due December
- Naperville 203 weighs joining social media litigation
- Fremont SD 79 agenda: resolution to begin social media litigation
Research coverage
We've checked 401 of 758 districts here so far. The rest are left blank on the map until we check them; blank means not checked, not quiet. The state score uses every signal we've found statewide.
Pick any district on the map to open its report.
Illinois districts with signals
last 90 daysWe also checked 367 other districts in Illinois and found nothing in the last 90 days.
Totals
Signals, last 90 days
Districts with signals
States with signals
National signals, not mapped