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No Longer Homeless, but Still Struggling in School
By Elizabeth A. Harris, NY Times
For homeless children, the negative effects don’t end when they move into a new home.
Formerly homeless students continue to struggle in school for years, scoring as poorly on state tests as their peers with no place to live, according to a study from the Education Trust-New York released on Monday by a coalition of groups from around the state.
This study emphasizes the challenges facing New York City, where 10 percent of public school students were homeless at some point during the last school year, but also makes clear that this is not just a city problem. Across the state, more than 148,000 children were homeless during the last school year, and that number is widely considered to be too low.
The analysis looked at the 2015-16 results for the annual reading and math tests given to third through eighth graders. It identified more than 90,000 students who took the test — 10 percent of the total test takers in the state — as children who were either currently homeless or had been homeless at some point since starting school in New York. Homeless students could have lived in temporary housing, such as shelters or hotels, or doubled up with family friends.
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