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Latest report: More than 1 million U.S. students are homelessQuicklink submitted by Amanda Lang Permalink,
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| n recent years, you've heard a lot about the growing number of homeless students in Central Florida's public schools. But the problem isn't limited to our region -- or our state. Sadly, data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education show that, for the first time in history, the nation's public schools reported more than 1 million homeless students. The number includes children enrolled in U.S. public preschools and kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2010-2011 school year. And the figure actually underestimates the number of homeless children by excluding infants, toddlers, preschool-aged children who aren't enrolled in public programs and homeless children who are home-schooled. (Yes, they exist. I recently interviewed a family that has lived in a motel for nine months while the parents continue to home-school their three children.) |
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by Daniel Geery on Saturday, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:53:34 PM