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Homeless US student population 'highest in more than a decade'
Posted on 2/4/20 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 2/4/20 at 12:51 pm
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Most of the 1.5 million homeless schoolchildren stayed with other families or friends after losing their homes.
But 7% lived in abandoned buildings or cars, the report by the National Centre for Homeless Education showed.
It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable housing, domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis.
Less than a third of homeless students were able to read adequately, and scored even lower in mathematics and science, the report showed.
"Homeless children are in crisis mode, and because they don't have the luxury of focusing on school, they often fall behind," Amanda Clifford, of the National Youth Forum on Homelessness (NYFH), told the BBC.
The most recent data was recorded in 2017-18 and was more than double the nearly 680,000 homeless students reported in 2004-05, the director of National Centre for Homeless Education told the New York Times.
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Posted on 2/4/20 at 12:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
well maybe those Gen Zs should have gotten degrees in better fields.. Us millennial are taking over in our industries now that the boomers are finally dying and the GenXers are still in their moms basements. Party On.
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Posted on 2/4/20 at 12:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
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1.5 million homeless schoolchildren
we tired of all this winning yet, folx???
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Homeless US student population 'highest in more than a decade'
I can't even joke about that. That sucks.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:03 pm to RLDSC FAN
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It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable housing, domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis.
3 of those things are made up problems.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:07 pm to OysterPoBoy
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It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable housing, domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis.
quote:Maybe you can say job insecurity is one, and I would tend to agree. But impossibly expensive housing in some of these areas, the prevalence of domestic abuse situations, and opioid crisis are absolutely real.
3 of those things are made up problems.
Just because you don't experience these things in your day-to-day life doesn't mean they're made up.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:12 pm to RLDSC FAN
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It is often caused by job insecurity, unaffordable housing, domestic violence and recently the opioid crisis.
Parents need to make better decisions.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:14 pm to TexasTiger90
quote:is a 100% you problem....
d opioid crisis are absolutely real.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:16 pm to HT713
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we tired of all this winning yet, folx???
You cant even read or spell.
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:17 pm to TexasTiger90
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But impossibly expensive housing in some of these areas, the prevalence of domestic abuse situations, and opioid crisis are absolutely real.
Just because you don't experience these things in your day-to-day life doesn't mean they're made up.
Nobody is blaming the kids. But those three are absolutely on the parents.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:18 pm to OysterPoBoy
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3 of those things are made up problems.
Which three? It’s not opioid epidemic. That’s definitely real. Domestic violence is a real issue in some areas. Unaffordable housing is also a thing, especially in urban areas.
This post was edited on 2/4/20 at 1:19 pm
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:20 pm to noonan
Three 11 yo’s were just caught stealing a car and fleeing once they crashed it on Prytania at Valance St. uptown earlier this morning. I wonder if these little turds go home to a stable home every night
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:21 pm to HT713
Ah you are right. Never good with the contractions.
But if you read that article the amount has doubled since 04-05. Not something that happened overnight.
But if you read that article the amount has doubled since 04-05. Not something that happened overnight.
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Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:21 pm to RLDSC FAN
I’m also not surprised by this stat either working in schools. We have more and more people who were formerly middle class but are living close enough paycheck to paycheck that something like a major medical crisis can render them homeless in a hurry. And the poverty line is so low to get real assistance, they’re unable to benefit.
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Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
Keep in mind the government has a very broad definition of what it takes to be identified as homeless when it comes to children. The school district I worked for had a very high percentage but to be counted as homeless that meant you lived in a trailer (anything not considered fixed or permanent), lived on a boat, lived with non related adults, didn’t have their own room.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
"Homeless children are in crisis mode,...."
of course it's a crisis, everything's a crisis. That's how you get more money. Call it a crisis, get funding to study the crisis to fund the call for more money to fund more studies of the crisis.
The NCHE got $77,000,000 in 2017 to study homeless school-age children, not to do anything to actually provide help. Sad. LINK
of course it's a crisis, everything's a crisis. That's how you get more money. Call it a crisis, get funding to study the crisis to fund the call for more money to fund more studies of the crisis.
The NCHE got $77,000,000 in 2017 to study homeless school-age children, not to do anything to actually provide help. Sad. LINK
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:23 pm to RLDSC FAN
This is a problem but I have a question about the number.
Do they still consider living in a trailer park "homeless"? When my wife (No pics) taught in EBR they considered those living in trailer parks to be homeless because they did not own the land; but an apartment was considered to be a home.
Do they still consider living in a trailer park "homeless"? When my wife (No pics) taught in EBR they considered those living in trailer parks to be homeless because they did not own the land; but an apartment was considered to be a home.
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:24 pm to BluegrassBelle
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We have more and more people who were formerly middle class but are living close enough paycheck to paycheck that something like a major medical crisis can render them homeless in a hurry.
"it's obvious those people just didn't work hard enough. they need to stop being such lazy entitled libs and be a hard-working go-getter like me!"
- OT'er who has never been more than 80 miles away from Gonzales or Shreveport and works for his dad's roofing company and has 90,000 posts in 4 years
Posted on 2/4/20 at 1:26 pm to CarRamrod
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d opioid crisis are absolutely real.
quote:It's 100% the shitty parent's fault that chose to abuse drugs but by definition it's no longer a "100% you problem" when you cause your kids to become homeless. It's a problem for their children and anyone concerned with children living on the street.
is a 100% you problem....
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