The Backpack Drop Zone: One Sixth-Grade Truth That Exposed Our Quiet Crisis

it should have been.

Not because of the banana and the granola bars.

Because of what it represented.

Because of what it had become overnight: proof.

Proof that children will fill the cracks adults pretend don’t exist.

I set the duffel bag on my desk.

“Listen to me,” I said, and my voice shook a little, which made them listen harder. “Taking down the bag continue reading …