Educators in each of the communities affected by recent violence are focusing on studentsโ needs and how to address emotional issues related to race relations, grief and feelings of safety and well-being.
Madeline Conway
Madeline Conway was a summer 2016 newsletters fellow at the Tribune. At Harvard, she studied history and sociology and was managing editor of the Harvard Crimson. Prior to the Tribune, Madeline worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Toledo Blade as a metro intern.
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