In this section, we plan to run a series of multi-part narratives, tales told chapter by chapter over weeks or months (and, in certain cases, as they actually unfold in real time). The idea is to better humanize the complexities of certain social issues by viewing them through the lens of those whose lives those issues most affect. For instance, we’ll look at the issue of homelessness through the point of view of an unusual street worker, an impassioned police officer, an activist service provider, an artist, and a man who is trying, thus far without success, to get off Skid Row and into a place of his own.
But, even before we get to the series on homelessness, we’ll be introducing another terrific and sometimes painful story about public education in urban America. It’s called The Principal.
Part One will appear later this week.