Quote of the Day | October 5, 2018

“That’s the journey, but you’ve got to magnify that unfortunately not times 10 kids, but times hundreds of thousands of kids that are in that category, which requires a complete rebuild of the educational system to turn it into trauma-informed education.”

-Alex Gwinn, president of the Alliance for HOPE International, speaking at a summit to help Oklahoma educators better understand and mitigate the impact of childhood trauma [NewsOK]

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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