Opinion: Adverse childhood experiences, schools and COVID
Elena Delavega
Elena Delavega is associate professor of social work at the University of Memphis. She has spent the last eight years producing the Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet and researching all aspects of poverty.
Gregory Miles Blumenthal
Gregory Miles Blumenthal is principal at GMBS Consulting. He is the coauthor of the 2019 Memphis Poverty Fact Sheet and conducts research and mapping in support of public health and social impact policymaking.
We are now attempting to place responsibility for children on over-worked, over-stressed teachers. Rather than supporting families as we should be doing, we are throwing the children at teachers in overcrowded classrooms.
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