The Christian Science Monitor, September 6, 2016: Back to School: 4 Key Questions

“‘They’re concerned about the kids ... and whether they are coming to their classrooms prepared for the kind of rigorous work that [teachers] want to do – and about meeting the personal needs of each of those students,’ says Katrina Boone, who taught high school English in Kentucky public schools for eight years and now directs teacher outreach at the Collaborative for Student Success, a nonprofit supporting high-quality state standards and assessments. ‘Anywhere you go, you are going to find kids who are deeply affected by poverty,” she continues. “Most teachers are going to come across kids who are foster children, kids with special needs, kids who have been in and out of the juvenile justice system.... It’s really hard for a 21st-century teacher to do all the things they are trying to do ..., particularly when they’ve had little preparation or training in how to best support those kids.’”