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“We’re working with kids with self-esteem issues. We’re working with kids with behavioral issues. We’re working with kids that may be sleeping on the floor and don’t get a good night’s sleep and they need to come to school. I hope I give them hope. I hope that this is a safe place. I want them to know we’re here and we’re the one constant in their life.”
-Alma Pearson, a social worker at Shidler Elementary School, one of the Oklahoma City schools trying to take a different approach to school discipline to reduce very high suspension rates (Source).
