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Walk a Mile in These Shoes
Looking out the window, I sign as the snow covered streets turn to ice. Normally, I wouldn’t think twice about it, but today my knee is bad and I walk with a limp. I sink deeper into my chair as I realize the air in my home reflects that of the outside. I can even…
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Meet Up and Eat Up
We all know how important a nutritious meal can be for our students and their learning. “Study after study shows that kids who eat breakfast function better,” Dr. Schneider says. “They do better in school, and have better concentration and more energy.” (The Case for Eating Breakfast, Healthychildren.org) But what happens to our students over…
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Gorski helps Educators Understand Barriers of Poverty
In March 2014, Kent County Health Rankings were released. It found that 23% of children in Kent County live in poverty, up from 20% the previous year; the national benchmark is 13%. How might our strategies for teaching and relating with families in poverty change if we truly understood the barriers they experience –…