The Rise of Urban Public Boarding Schools [TheAtlantic.com]
The founding Monument Academy teachers and staff knew that running a 24-hour school for children who’ve survived trauma and violence would be difficult. They just didn’t know how difficult. “It was chaotic,” said Emily Bloomfield, the school’s founder and CEO, recalling the first few weeks of class last summer. “There was a lot of fighting ... a lot of cursing, a lot of running around.” The 40 fifth-graders who started in August at this unusual new...