Report: Tennessee children face a myriad of challenges
Crumbling schools, along with poor mental health, poverty and gun violence are the issues facing Tennessee children. Peabody Elementary School was closed by Memphis-Shelby County Schools last fall due to issues with mold. (Google Maps)
In the past year, 53% of Tennessee’s high school girls and 30% of high school boys reported feeling sad or hopeless almost every day for two or more weeks, which represents a 63% increase since 2011.
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children and youth Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth Kylie Graves gun violence PovertyAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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