Monday, September 7, 2009

Surge in Homeless Children Strains School Districts

Charity is one child in a national surge of homeless schoolchildren that is driven by relentless unemployment and foreclosures.
The rise, to more than one million students without stable housing by last spring, has tested budget-battered school districts as they try to carry out their responsibilities — and the federal mandate — to salvage education for children whose lives are filled with insecurity and turmoil.

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