In Six Years the Number of Homeless Children in New York City Public Schools Jumped Nearly 50 Percent (motherjones.com)
Almost 100,000 students in New York City's public schools were homeless during the 2015-16 school year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness (ICPH). This number represents a 20 percent increase from the previous school year, and a 49 percent increase in student homelessness since the 2010-11 school year. If this trend doesn't change, more than 1 out of 7 of New York City's public school students will experience homelessness by the...