BPS Civics Teacher Neema Avashia on Gun Violence Civics teacher and BTU History &
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Committee member Neema Avashia writes on WBUR, Yes, Schools Should Be Safe — But So Should Students»
Neighborhoods.
See also National Research Council and Institute of Medicine, Neurons to
Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development (Shonkoff and Phillips, eds., National Academy Press 2000),
Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development, Board on Children, Youth and Families, Commission on Behavioral and
Social Sciences and Education, Chapter 14, Conclusions and Recommendations, p. 391.