'Distance learning is a challenge for all students but students of color have been harmed the most by past and current racial inequities in our schools. Inequities existed before COVID19.'
COVID-19 rates in the state of Illinois, said physical distancing is impacting his mental health. “I am away from friends [and] school, unsure how the rest of my senior year will go for me. The support I receive from my friends and school has always helped me deal with my anxiety and depression,” he said.
As the oldest sibling in a mixed-status family living in Skokie, Odalis Garcia, 16, said the state of Illinois should boost undocumented residents’ access to relief programs like the oneestablished by the city of Chicago. She said it’s been a struggle making resources stretch in their family now that her single mom can’t work.
said the use of distance learning assumes a lot about students’ access to computers, reliable internet connection, space to work at home and parents’ ability to help students with work.“If we zoom out a little bit, there’s a hierarchy of needs. If the students don’t have a stable home, or if they don’t have enough adequate nutrition on a daily basis, then in many ways education is secondary at that point.
Britton said there are also assumptions about teachers’ ability to implement remote learning. “What the research is showing us is you can’t take a classroom and put it online,” she said. “It’s unfair to put these expectations in place.”
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