NPR: All Things Considered – 11/11/2014
Communities Struggle to Reach Homeless Students Living In the Shadows
More than 1.1 million public school students in the United States do not have permanent homes, according to data compiled by the Department of Education.
“When we get ready for school or just getting dressed, we would just go to, like, a public bathroom or like a park bathroom [or] McDonald’s.
California has the highest rate of homeless children enrolled in schools anywhere in the country. Many kids live in the shadows — in cheap motels, emergency shelters, campgrounds and even cars, like James once did.