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Has the number of homeless students identified in your state increased?
First Focus Campaign for Children, Lydia Pfluger | September 15, 2015 |
The U.S. Department of Education recently published data identifying 1,360,747 homeless public school students in the 2013-2014 school year, up 8 percent from the …
Toward a more perfect union: Addressing the school-to-prison pipeline
Lexie Pèrez-Grüber (Former Staff) | July 29, 2015 |
Last week, the U.S. departments of education and justice hosted superintendents, principals, teachers, and students from over 40 districts for a day-long convening at the …
Feinstein-Portman Amendment is a Win for Homeless Children and Youth
Cara Baldari | July 10, 2015 |
Yesterday, there was significant progress made towards assisting homeless children and youth by eliminating bureaucratic barriers to children receiving services. The Senate unanimously approved …
Thank you for putting children first
Karen Howard (Former Staff), Sarah Kyle (Former Staff) | June 17, 2015 |
Today, the House Labor HHS Education Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the fiscal year (FY) 2016 appropriations legislation that funds various programs that impact children. …
Report confirms concerns: more trainee teachers in most difficult classrooms
Kevin Lindsey (Former Staff) | June 4, 2015 |
The Department of education released a report yesterday on the number and percentage of teachers labeled “highly qualified” and serving as the teacher of …
1.3 Million Children Should Not Be Left Homeless
Bruce Lesley | November 10, 2014 |
This blog post originally appeared on Huffington Post. It shouldn’t be this hard for kids to grow and thrive in the world’s richest, most …