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Budget & Finance Racing to Spend Aid for Homeless 69´«Ã½, 69´«Ã½ Get Creative
69´«Ã½ received a surge of homeless-student during the pandemic. Districts have to choose carefully in spending what's left of their cut.
Evie Blad, August 6, 2024
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Education Funding 69´«Ã½ Want More Time to Spend COVID-19 Aid for Homeless 69´«Ã½
Senators want to give districts more time to spend COVID relief funds for students experiencing homelessness.
Evie Blad, February 22, 2024
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Student Well-Being What the Research Says 5 Ways 69´«Ã½ Can Find Homeless 69´«Ã½ That They Might Overlook
As numbers of homeless children surge, new research shows how schools can do a better job of finding them.
Sarah D. Sparks, January 29, 2024
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Student Well-Being Q&A Homeless 69´«Ã½ Come Into School With Above-Average Social-Emotional Skills, Study Finds
University of San Diego researchers evaluated the SEL skills of students at a school in the city that serves homeless students.
Lauraine Langreo, September 1, 2023
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Student Well-Being Video Left Homeless After a Hurricane, This Family Found Support From Their District
With the number of homeless students rising, a look at how this Florida district is providing support.
Lauren Santucci, June 1, 2023
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Student Well-Being 'Hidden Homeless': A Key Measure of Homelessness Excludes Most 69´«Ã½
Federal agencies differ in how they measure homelessness—and many vulnerable students are left out.
Evie Blad, April 3, 2023
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A young boy reaches into the open door of a school bus to grab a plastic bag of food handed to him by an adult.
A Jefferson County School District student receives several bags with free meals in Fayette, Miss.
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Education Funding A Surge in Funding for Homeless 69´«Ã½ Is Waning. What Now?
COVID homeless aid helped schools locate more families and connect them to services. Advocates want to make the increase permanent.
Evie Blad, March 21, 2023
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Student Well-Being 69´«Ã½ Are Not Identifying All Their Homeless 69´«Ã½. Why That Is Hurting the Kids
Hundreds of thousands of homeless students are not receiving the services they need, new report says.
Lauraine Langreo, November 29, 2022
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Kimora Gantt, 8, right, does homework while Jason Gantt, 5, gets his head shaved by his father, Bobby Gantt. After struggling with homelessness, the family has found stability in a home they rent through the housing authority in Tacoma, Wash.
Kimora Gantt, 8, right, does homework while Jason Gantt, 5, gets his head shaved by his father, Bobby Gantt, in 2021. After struggling with homelessness, the family found stability in 2021 in a home they rented through the housing authority in Tacoma, Wash.
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Education Funding What the Research Says 1 in 5 Homeless 69´«Ã½ Left School Since the Pandemic. Can Funding Help Find Them?
Federal aid has expanded district resources for homeless students, but capacity remains a problem.
Sarah D. Sparks, August 11, 2022
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Education Funding 7 Ways the Federal Government Shortchanges K-12 69´«Ã½
Districts haven't gotten the help they need and expect on infrastructure, high-need students, special education, school meals, and more.
Mark Lieberman, July 12, 2022
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Professional Development Letter to the Editor Train Educators to Help 69´«Ã½ Experiencing Homelessness and Mental-Health Crises
Many students experiencing homelessness also face mental-health crises. Train teachers to help them, says this letter to the editor.
January 10, 2022
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Equity & Diversity Reported Essay Our Student Homeless Numbers Are Staggering. 69´«Ã½ Can Be a Bridge to a Solution
The pandemic has only made the student homelessness situation more volatile. 69´«Ã½ don’t have to go it alone.
Andrew Ujifusa, September 14, 2021
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In this June 23, 2020 photo, Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-NY, speaks during a campaign event in New York.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a former middle school principal, is pressing for more support for community schools in order to meet families' needs.
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Federal Progressives Pressure Biden to Help 69´«Ã½ Address Student Homelessness
Some Democrats in Congress say federal officials must promote cooperation across agencies to help children and families in unstable housing.
Andrew Ujifusa, August 11, 2021
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Federal New Eviction Moratorium Doesn't End Fears About 69´«Ã½ and Homelessness Amid COVID
A CDC order for families experiencing housing instability could last until October, but experts worry about what students and schools face.
Andrew Ujifusa, August 6, 2021
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