Articles from the ‘Welcome Back Boody’ section

personal 01.16.12 Welcome Back Boody: A Death in the Family

Katie Boody struggles to console one of her brightest students after his older brother is murdered.

personal 12.05.11 Welcome Back Boody: First Day of Class

On her first day teaching in one of Kansas City’s poorest neighborhoods, Katie Boody confronts the elephant in the seventh-grade classroom: her last name.

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