Medill Reports: Teachers, also on the front lines of violence, grope for answers

“We have kids that are basically living in war zones,” said Karen Lewis, a teacher at King College Prep High School, 4445 S. Drexel Blvd.

Lewis is the chair of the Caucus of Rank and File Educators, or CORE, and leads a group of teachers and community members that analyze Chicago Public Schools policies.
“I think one of the things that are so difficult is that teachers are not understanding what to do,” Lewis said. “I think a lot of us are afraid.

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