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Pittsburgh: A Model for Addressing Child Homelessness

Ralph da Costa Nunez | Posted 05.15.2012

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Ralph da Costa Nunez

The challenges facing children in Pittsburgh are problems we see in our research throughout the United States. In 2010, there were 31,386 homeless children in Pennsylvania. To put this number in context, that is more than the entire University of Pittsburgh student body.

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Student Heading To Harvard After Being Homeless, Abandoned By Parents

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.07.2012

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When facing homelessness, bullying, and being abandoned by family, many people might be tempted to give up hope. But for 18-year-old Dawn Loggins, who...

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Rise In Homeless Students Stifles Florida Town

AP | By CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.30.2012

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CLERMONT, Fla. -- Zach Montgomery's dad plugs in the electric skillet and opens the cardboard box containing tonight's dinner. The liquid from the ca...

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WATCH: 3 Homeless Stories You'll Never Forget

Posted 02.21.2012

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"There's so many different types of situations that can cause homelessness. You really can't stereotype it. You really can't." These are the words of ...

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Homeless N.Y. Science Whiz Receives $50,000 Scholarship

AP | Posted 03.20.2012

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BRENTWOOD, N.Y. -- The accolades continue for a homeless New York teen who's a semifinalist in a prestigious national science contest. Brentwood High...

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Number Of Homeless Students Surges, Putting Strain On Schools

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 03.09.2012

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At 15, Jarvis Nelson should be in high school and even thinking about college. Yet Jarvis is in seventh grade, and doesn't know where he'll go to h...

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Poor, Homeless Students Living Out Of Cars As Childhood Poverty Climbs

Posted 01.29.2012

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More than 16 million children now live in poverty in the United States, the highest number since 1962. In all, 19.8 percent of school children were l...

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What Is Necessary

Ed Shurna | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Chicago Homelessness, The 99%, Homeless Students, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Homeless Children, Homelessness, Occupy Movement, Chicago News
Ed Shurna

The Occupy Movement rightly attacks the disparity between the top 1 percent and the other 99 percent. The rich are getting richer. The middle class treads water. And the poor, working or not, are drowning.

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For Homeless Students, Transitional Shelters Must Be Used as a Tool, Not a Roadblock

Ralph da Costa Nunez | Posted 01.09.2012

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Ralph da Costa Nunez

The Department of Education and Department of Homeless Services must work together to address the needs of homeless students, and better track the data surrounding attendance and graduation rates among this population.

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PHOTOS: Colorado's Growing Homeless Student Epidemic

The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 10.10.2011

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This year there will be over 18,400 Colorado students completing their homework without a home. Over the past six years the state's K-12 classroom...

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Homeless Brooklyn Grad Starts Charity To Send Students To College

New York Daily News | Posted 09.29.2011

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Homeless high school grad Orayne Williams has returned to the city after his first year away at college - and he's on a mission to help other street k...

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The In-Between

Catherine Meek | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Group Foster Homes, Homeless Students, California, Homeless Children, Homelessness, School on Wheels, Foster Youth, Volunteer Tutors, Impact News
Catherine Meek

Melissa was abandoned by her family at 12 years old, addicted to meth before entering 6th grade, and deemed "defiant" by every adult who has ever worked with her. When I first met Melissa, she was sitting at the kitchen table glaring at me.

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'When You Don't Really Have Anything, You Just Don't Care'

| Posted 09.21.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Joshua Emerson Smith This fall, Makayla Vigil will be a sophomore at Pleasant Valley H...

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From UCLA To Homelessness

Joel John Roberts | Posted 08.21.2011

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Joel John Roberts

Our homeless agency just received an electronic plea for housing from an about-to-be-homeless student at one of California's prestigious higher education institutions.

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Vegas School With 85 Percent Homeless Rate Gives Kids Clothes, Food

Posted 08.13.2011

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When Sherrie Gahn became the principal of Whitney Elementary in Las Vegas, she was shocked to see students eating ketchup packets. When she realized i...

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Inspired By '60 Minutes,' Americans Offer Help To Needy Children

Posted 05.25.2011

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A recent episode of "60 Minutes" explored the struggles of children in Seminole County Schools, where families are increasingly facing hunger and home...

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Homework Without Homes: Fla. Schools Adapt To Needs Of Students

Posted 05.25.2011

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As more Americans fall from the middle class into poverty, the rate of homeless families is on the rise, going up nearly 9 percent in 2010. For the ch...

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Recession's Smallest Victims: Students Confide In Teachers When Times Get Tough

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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WORTHINGTON, Ohio -- Diane and Eric Kehler tried not to talk about it in front of the children, but as Jen Hegerty, the guidance counselor at Wilson H...

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SCHOOL ON WHEELS: Tutors Reach Out To Homeless Kids

Take Part | Jenny Inglee | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I think most of her childhood has been spent in homeless shelters," Jackie Romo said of Ashley, the 11-year-old she tutors. Ashley is one of the 1.6 ...

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The Affluent, Failing, Public School: Does It Really Exist?

Martha Infante | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martha Infante

If bad teachers are everywhere, then failing schools must be everywhere too. Thus I began my search for affluent, failing schools with the information available on the world wide web.

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Homeless College Students On The Rise, Advocates Say

Posted 05.25.2011

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If he's not in class, Christopher Sparks can usually be found in a computer from the library at Minneapolis Community and Technical College. That's be...

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One Homeless Student Off The Street, One Million To Go

Posted 05.25.2011

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Over one million of America's students are homeless. Two thousand of them are in Fairfax County, Wash. The Washington Post reported on various part...

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Homeless In Seattle: Students Without Shelter Up 31 Percent

Posted 05.25.2011

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In the past year, the number of homeless students enrolled in Seattle's public schools has increased by 31 percent. Although the McKinney-Vento Act re...

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High School Football Coach In Trouble For Taking In Homeless Player

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Florida High School Athletic Association is investigating St. Cloud High football coach Bill Buldini for taking in a player whose family hardships...

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Hungry, Homeless And In College: NPR Reports

npr.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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For many college students and their families, rising tuition costs and a tough economy are presenting new challenges as college bills come in. This...

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