{"id":15453,"date":"2020-04-13t11:12:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-13t18:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/?p=15453"},"modified":"2020-04-13t11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13t18:12:07","slug":"student-activism-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/gen\/student-activism-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"how students are responding to covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"
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in addition to causing a massive, worldwide public health crisis, covid-19 has uniquely impacted high school students. with the move to remote learning and the uncertainty around college admissions<\/a>, it’s hard to find a time when student stress<\/a> levels have been higher. what’s more, students from marginalized backgrounds are being disproportionately impacted by this crisis. here’s a look at some of these problems and how students all across the country have been demanding solutions.<\/p>\n one of the biggest issues facing students across the country is the lack of access to technology to continue schooling. immigrant families in particular also lack access to important information in their native language. members of the san diego-based organization youth will created a covid-19 action team<\/a> and have been hosting virtual hangouts for youth in the area to discuss these issues as well as others related to the crisis. <\/p>\n through these hangouts, youth have determined the following demands to advocate for at the county, city, and school board levels:<\/p>\n the covid-19 action team has also created the following list of resources<\/a>, which include opportunities to get free technology, essential job openings, and other resources. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n given the reality that students do not have equal access to online learning, several students across the country have been pushing their school districts to move to a pass\/fail grading system. milly from rhode island led her group, providence student union<\/a>, to circulate a petition<\/a> demanding that the rhode island department of education allow all high schools in the state the option to move to pass\/fail. zoe, a prominent student activist in her maryland county, created a similar petition<\/a> targetted at her school district. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n student voice<\/a>, a national organization that is entirely student-led, has launched the #testoptionalnow movement<\/a> to pressure colleges and universities to drop the standardized test requirement. they argue that sat<\/a>\/act<\/a> cancellations and delays<\/a> and the resulting logistical challenges will primarily impact low-income, minority, and other underrepresented students. <\/p>\n emanuelle, a high school junior from kentucky, has partnered with student voice to lead the test-optional movement in her state. her local group, the prichard committee student voice team, recently met with the president of the kentucky council on postsecondary education, which has dropped standardized testing as a minimum requirement for college admissions. their goal currently is to get a better grasp of the data and the arguments for going test-optional.<\/p>\n <\/p>\novercoming technological and language barriers<\/h2>\n
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demanding pass\/fail grading<\/h2>\n
fighting for test-optional<\/h2>\n
creating alternatives to college tours<\/h2>\n