Distance education in Chicago Public Schools in 1937

In September 1937, amid a polio outbreak in Chicago, Chicago Public Schools undertook a pioneering large-scale program that provided at-home distance education to the city's elementary school students through lessons transmitted by radio broadcasts and materials published in newspapers. This took place under the leadership of William Johnson, the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools.

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