{"id":93441,"date":"2020-11-19T16:28:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T22:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=93441"},"modified":"2020-11-19T17:38:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T23:38:09","slug":"chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Catherine Henderson<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F932426179&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the perspective of a civics classroom in Chicago, the 2020 presidential election changed the game. And students are paying particularly close attention to national politics.<\/p>\n<p>This election has forced teachers across the city to reframe their approach to civics education. Students are living in a polarized political climate in the middle of a pandemic that cuts them off from each other.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past couple of years, Illinois has pushed to improve civics education across the state, making it a requirement in middle and high school. CPS has gone further, with a department that creates curriculum and discussion guides for teachers across the city.<\/p>\n<p><i>Catherine Henderson covers education at Medill. You can follow her on Twitter at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caity_henderson\"><i>@caity_henderson.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Catherine Henderson Medill Reports From the perspective of a civics classroom in Chicago, the 2020 presidential election changed the game. And students are paying particularly close attention to national politics. This election has forced teachers across the city to reframe their approach to civics education. Students are living in a polarized political climate in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":723,"featured_media":93473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4946,5045,675],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election-2020","category-fall-2020","category-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Catherine Henderson Medill Reports From the perspective of a civics classroom in Chicago, the 2020 presidential election changed the game. And students are paying particularly close attention to national politics. This election has forced teachers across the city to reframe their approach to civics education. Students are living in a polarized political climate in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-19T22:28:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-19T23:38:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"catherinehenderson2021\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"catherinehenderson2021\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/\",\"name\":\"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-19T22:28:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-19T23:38:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/536b4375a5678324d217652eeaef0816\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"Chicago teachers are grappling with the results of the presidential election. (Flickr)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/536b4375a5678324d217652eeaef0816\",\"name\":\"catherinehenderson2021\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91828e135ebec8fd788586e30a9beed158bff770ff8e00417c759cf375b316e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91828e135ebec8fd788586e30a9beed158bff770ff8e00417c759cf375b316e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"catherinehenderson2021\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/catherinehenderson2021\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Catherine Henderson Medill Reports From the perspective of a civics classroom in Chicago, the 2020 presidential election changed the game. And students are paying particularly close attention to national politics. This election has forced teachers across the city to reframe their approach to civics education. Students are living in a polarized political climate in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2020-11-19T22:28:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-11-19T23:38:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"catherinehenderson2021","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"catherinehenderson2021","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/","name":"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-19T22:28:16+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-19T23:38:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/536b4375a5678324d217652eeaef0816"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/11\/44032895415_b8e8630dd5_b.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"Chicago teachers are grappling with the results of the presidential election. (Flickr)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-schools-grapple-with-the-results-of-the-2020-election\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chicago schools grapple with the results of the 2020 election"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/536b4375a5678324d217652eeaef0816","name":"catherinehenderson2021","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91828e135ebec8fd788586e30a9beed158bff770ff8e00417c759cf375b316e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d91828e135ebec8fd788586e30a9beed158bff770ff8e00417c759cf375b316e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"catherinehenderson2021"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/catherinehenderson2021\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/723"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93466,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93441\/revisions\/93466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}