Tamara Fyke emphasizes the importance of leaders in schools and communities committing themselves to speaking positively to students and colleagues. Four police cars were parked in front of the school building. The front office was full. I sat with a handful of students, along with a parent with a newborn baby, waiting to talk with […]

Social and Emotional Learning – the different faces of trauma.  All of my life, I have heard my dad tell stories about the multiple heart attacks and regular hospital stays of his father. He recalls being told that he was the “man of the house” when he was just six years old. He carried the […]