Katie Boody When Katie Boody helps her students publish their school’s first newspaper, she runs into a few predictable problems, and others she never saw coming.

Katie Boody Every Saturday, Katie Boody takes several of her students to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, a symbol of Kansas City’s social stratification.

Katie Boody Katie Boody tries to be optimistic, as a teacher in a school where 90% of the students are performing below their grade level.

Katie Boody Katie Boody visits the home of one of her sixth graders to discuss how he’s coping with the death of his older brother.

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

Katie Boody 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.