As noted in yesterday's blog, 51% of all American public school children are now officially listed as impoverished. That certainly is devastating news and there are serious implications.
Given this type of hardship it makes sense to see to it that those public schools with a large population of students living under such hardships are provided with the proper emotional and behavioral support they need and deserve. In short, this means that schools can best address these urgent needs by having a sufficient staff of social workers and school psychologists. These are people trained to get to the heart of issues confronting the students and their families.
This dire situation also calls into need the fact that teachers must be attuned to those emotional and behavioral problems that children bring to school each day as a result of the problems which arise because of poverty. Having all staff on board with respect to how to best help students coming from this environment is an absolute must.
The above has to be addressed; otherwise, children of poverty will slip further through the cracks.
Dick
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