For homeless students, chronic absenteeism is dismayingly high. The number of students who regularly miss school has risen since the pandemic, but for homeless students, it’s been especially bad. Even ...

Under federal law, homeless students are owed a K-12 education. But it’s always been difficult to deliver on that promise. There are a lot of reasons why these students struggle. Poverty in the local ...

An August student disciplinary report showed homeless students at the Houston Independent School District missed nearly 2,000 days of school because of out-of-school suspensions, despite a state law ...

Educational challenges for the increasing number of homeless youth nationwide will get worse with the upcoming loss of federal funding targeting them, according to a report released Wednesday by ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A staggering number of youth are experiencing homelessness in Indiana, and it’s impacting their education. A report on homeless students in the 2022-2023 academic year says ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In Kern County, the first rule in counting homeless students is not saying “homeless.” Instead, school staff use ...

Kerri Tobin, professor at Louisiana State University’s School of Education. Her research is focused on the effects of poverty on children’s education. Co-author of "Homelessness Comes to School." ...

In January, the U.S. Department of Education reported a record-high 1.5 million schoolchildren as homeless. By this fall, amid the pandemic’s school closures, shrinking capacity at homeless shelters, ...

PITTSBURGH — Community members and students stood outside the City-County building in Pittsburgh to bring awareness to the growing number of homeless kids in Allegheny County. Members of the Homeless ...

The number of homeless students in Mississippi public schools increased to 7,694 in the 2023-2024 school year. Homelessness for students is federally defined to include those living in hotels, motels, ...