More than 154,000 New York City public school students were homeless for a period during the last school year, according to a new report from the nonprofit for Advocates for Children of New York.
It is a record high for a number that has been climbing for a decade. The report is based on state data.
“Every year for the past decade, more than 100,000 students in our public schools have been homeless; there are now more students who are homeless in NYC than the entire Dallas public school system,” said Jennifer Pringle, Director of AFC’s Learners in Temporary Housing Project…