Archive for October, 2013
can’t ignore these numbers
Recently released data shows student homelessness numbers to be higher than ever. These students who were identified by schools last year actually represent only a fraction of the larger population of students who experienced residential instability, as thousands of instances of student homelessness go undetected by schools every month…
Read morestudent poverty in the south
The Southern Education Foundation released a new report which found that a majority of public school students in 17 states were eligible for free or reduced price lunches in the 2010-11 school year. Thirteen out of 17 of these states were in the South.
Read morefunding cuts and the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
Michigan announced that statewide McKinney-Vento funding would be cut by two-thirds this year. Read more: http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/featured/pnr-michigan-cuts-school-homeless-funding-by-66-percent-20131011,0,7472427,full.story
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