Forty percent of DC high school students witness violence in the course of just one year. About 4,000 DC public school students are homeless. There are over 1,000 DC children in foster care, and many more at risk of entering care because of parental neglect.
These are the children who are showing up to school every day expected to be ready to learn despite the trauma they carry with them into their classrooms.
How can DC schools help children who have experienced trauma settle, focus and learn in the classroom? Those are the issues addressed in a new report Children's Law Center released today: Addressing Childhood Trauma in DC Schools.
DC students who have experience trauma are more likely to be referred for special education services, have higher rates of school discipline referrals and suspensions, lower test scores and grades, and are less likely to graduate. As a result, DCās public schools must improve the learning outcomes for these children to improve academic performance overall.
[For more of this story go to http://childrenslawcenter.org/...ng-trauma-dc-schools]
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