This Time, Anna Deavere Smith Cuts Close to Home - The New York Times
Kate Taylor
Smith said, and spoke to educators, social scientists and others about the role of trauma in children’s lives, she became less enamored of the phrase “ pipeline,” which she believes “blames schools and teachers for something that’s so much bigger.
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