Caring for Students in the Wake of a Traumatic News Event

Protests turned to violence in the nation’s capital as rioters interrupted a joint session of Congress held to certify the presidential election. 

The resulting news footage would likely trouble some children as much as it troubled the adults around them, educators said. And even students who don’t fully understand the events may feel a sense of instability as the adults in their lives react to current events.

How should teachers address those emotions so that students can continue learning, especially in a school environment already disrupted by the COVID-19 crisis

https://www.ed  week.org/leadership/teaching-in-the-wake-of-a-traumatic-news-event-like-the-storming-of-the-u-s-capitol/2021/01

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