Drawn in by the headline, "This superintendent has figured out how to make school work for poor kids", I could hardly believe what I was reading.
I am not entirely sure how easily replicable the funding strategy is, but it would certainly be worth the effort to bring Superintendent Anderson’s approach to national scale.
I am so impressed by this model. It represents an enactment of what recent (and historical, really) research has indicated: that mental health issues, including the trigger or dormancy of resilience in the face of trauma, can be caused by poverty. Therefore, healing trauma and promoting resilience can start with the relatively straightforward goal of decreasing poverty.
In many ways, what Superintendent Anderson has done is rather than wait for other social programs to prompt upward mobility for her students' families, she has used the schools resources and relationships to ameliorate some of the most severe effects of poverty impacting her students.
Superintendent Tiffany Anderson is an inspiring example of trauma-informed practice in education.
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