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When mandatory reporting conflicts with understanding a family's circumstances

I teach third grade and my principal told me I have to report this family to CPS because their kid comes to school dirty and tired, but I know they're homeless and doing their best.

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An educator faces the tension between legal obligations and contextual wisdom when poverty is criminalized through child protection systems.

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