Educators today hear a lot about attending to students’ social-emotional needs and implementing “trauma-informed” practices. For some, I’m sure this sounds like jargon, but that’s not the case in the University City school district in Missouri, where I teach. ”When students come in feeling crummy, they know that someone will be there to help.” Here, […]

Lanesha McPherson
Lanesha McPherson teaches sixth-grade science at Brittany Woods Middle School in University City, Missouri.