The challenge of educating urban students within the context of poverty, trauma, abuse, and other socioeconomic factors that contribute to students’ lives can be overwhelming and seemingly impossible for urban educators. Research from the ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) studies demonstrates, however, that urban students are at significantly higher risks for negative health factors as adults because they lack resiliency fostered in safe, loving environments.
Eric Jensen, author of Teaching with Poverty in Mind, summarizes: “Every year, millions of unloved and traumatized youth enter adulthood with damaged brains and hearts. They are highly predisposed to die from self-destructive behaviors, and highly likely to continue the cycle of abuse.”
[For more of this story, written by Rev. Aaron Anderson, go to http://www.yorkdispatch.com/st...-education/99727472/]
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