{"id":95806,"date":"2021-04-05T12:42:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=95806"},"modified":"2021-04-05T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T17:42:59","slug":"parent-activism-over-remote-schooling-highlights-inequities-in-the-chicago-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/parent-activism-over-remote-schooling-highlights-inequities-in-the-chicago-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent activism over remote schooling highlights inequities in the Chicago area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Christopher Vazquez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Medill Reports<\/em><br \/>\nParents and medical professionals are sounding the alarm on mental health concerns for children and teenagers during the pandemic. This has led some, like Evanston pediatrician and mother Dr. Valerie Kimball, to advocate for resuming in-person learning. Meanwhile, others like Chicago activist and father Joseph Williams are calling for greater resources for remote learning. But in Evanston\u2019s majority-white school districts, the pandemic hasn\u2019t taken the same toll as it has on Chicago\u2019s communities of color, and resources for safely resuming in-person learning outweigh those in public schools on Chicago\u2019s South and West sides.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How parent activism over remote schooling highlights inequities in the Chicago area\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/526209110?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Christopher Vazquez is a video reporter at Medill. You can follow him on Twitter at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByChrisVazquez\"><i>@ByChrisVazquez.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Vazquez Medill Reports Parents and medical professionals are sounding the alarm on mental health concerns for children and teenagers during the pandemic. This has led some, like Evanston pediatrician and mother Dr. Valerie Kimball, to advocate for resuming in-person learning. 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