Enlarge / A view of the riverfront Apple Store from the Chicago River. (credit: Apple)

On March 27 at 10am CDT, Apple will hold an event focused on education at Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago. Apple’s invitation to press read “let’s take a field trip” and promised “creative new ideas for students and teachers.” While we won’t know for sure until Tuesday, there are hints that have suggested what sorts of announcements we can expect.

The event will not be livestreamed, but it will involve live news announcements, as well as a follow-up event for teachers at an Apple Store in Chicago. Apple has held events focused on education in the past, but not for a long time—the last was in 2012. The focus then was on iBooks, Apple’s ebook store, and its features for textbooks and classrooms.

For this event, discussion of education-oriented software is almost guaranteed, but hardware announcements are also possible. Let’s go over the possibilities.