Retired teacher Annie Miller says Memphis students experiencing homelessness face barriers in school that stability alone could fix.
“I taught bright and eager children who never had a chance to reach their full potential,” said Miller. “Not because of a lack of ability, but a lack of stability. Too many of our students bounce from school to school, moving from an apartment to a shelter. Every time they moved, they lost ground…teachers who knew them, peers who supported them. That was heartbreaking for me as an educator.”
Miller was one of several community members who spoke in favor of the proposed Dream Catcher’s Academy at last week’s public hearing before the Tennessee Charter School Commission. The proposed K-12 public charter school would specifically serve homeless and housing-insecure youth in Memphis…