Sentences with phrase «homeless students in public schools»

The city Department of Education is failing miserably at caring for homeless students in public schools, according to an audit released on Thursday.

The NYC Department of Education is failing miserably at caring for homeless students in public schools, according to an audit released by Comptroller Scott Stringer's office.

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NYC workers assigned to help homeless students are desperately overwhelmed, leaving many of those children, among the most vulnerable in the public school system, to miss enormous amounts of school and fall far behind their classmates, two reports say.

She also said that there are 72,000 homeless students in the city's public school system.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer called for policies to increase school attendance of homeless children, following an audit that found more than half of students in shelters were chronically absent from public schools.

The number of homeless students in the New York City public school system rose again last year, according to state data.

At 1:30 p.m., the Senate Standing Committee on New York City Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss various amendments to education law - including an act in relation to requiring certain public schools in any city with a population over one million to offer food options during lunch, an act to direct chancellors of city school districts, in cities having a population of one million or more, to examine and assess the feasibility of expanding the number and types of career and technical education schools and programs within such city school districts and an act in relation to improving educational outcomes for homeless students.

NEW YORK — Public schools in New York City are losing track of thousands of homeless students and thus depriving them of their education, according to a months - long study carried out by the city comptroller, the findings of which were released on Thursday.

«There were over 100,000 homeless students in New York City public schools, according to recent counts,» said Borough President KATZ.

The winning concepts included a school on a barge in the wetlands of New Orleans, where students will learn about coastal restoration and urban planning; a school located in the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Public Museum; another focusing on homeless and foster children that will include physical sites, online learning, and mobile resource units that travel to the students; and a lab school in Brooklyn that will aim to give students career experience through partnerships with nonprofits, cultural institutions, businesses, and universities.

In a televised address, Governor Rick Perry of Texas announced that his state's 7,000 public schools were open to the homeless students.

Some may be new to the country with varying grasps of the English Language, others have different familial structures, including foster care, multi-generational housing situations, and now there are a significant amount of homeless students in the city's public school system.

In essence, 8 % of NYC public schools students are defined as homeless and for charter schools, 5 % of the total enrolled population are homeless students.

In the event that the complaint pertains to services received through Title I, such as but not limited to homeless students, private schools, public school choice or Supplemental Education Services, the complainant will be referred to Michael Puntschenko, Director of Special Programs at [phone].

Overview During the 2014 - 2015 school year, more than 1.26 million homeless students were enrolled in public school, double the amount of students identified as homeless in 2006 - 2007.

In the 2015 - 16 school year, public schools identified more than 1.3 million homeless students.

In addition, about 20 percent of public charter schools are alternative schools, which cater to dropout, homeless and over-aged students.

One hundred thousand students in the New York City public schools were homeless during the 2015 - 16 school year, reports a new study by the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness, a New York City - based policy research group.

Last year, 48 percent of students attending D.C. Public Schools were at - risk, meaning they were homeless, in foster care, qualified for food stamps or TANF, or were high school students who'd been held back a grade.

«There are more than 1.3 million students homeless in America's public schools — and even more are unseen and underserved,» said John Gomperts, president and CEO of America's Promise.

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2016 — For homeless students with nowhere to go after school and low - income students whose families can't afford computers or internet access, free afterschool homework centers in 34 branches of the Los Angeles Public Library across the city provide a safe haven.

On the other hand, the other new board member, Scott Schmerelson, said, «I am opposed to any strategy that results in diluting and draining precious public school revenue or that does not fairly and equitably serve all students including English Learners, those with significant physical and mental health issues, homeless and foster youth, and those students and families for whom «choice» is not an option.»

In the 2014 — 2015 school year, 1.3 million students (or 2.5 percent) were homeless in the public school system; these 1.3 million students contribute to the staggering 30 percent of all school - age children living in extreme povertIn the 2014 — 2015 school year, 1.3 million students (or 2.5 percent) were homeless in the public school system; these 1.3 million students contribute to the staggering 30 percent of all school - age children living in extreme povertin the public school system; these 1.3 million students contribute to the staggering 30 percent of all school - age children living in extreme povertin extreme poverty.

More than 50,000 public schools across the country use Title X funds to provide transportation services, educational services for which the child or youth meets the eligibility criteria, programs in vocational and technical education, school nutrition programs, and to prepare teachers to deal with the unique challenges the homeless student must confront to attain academic achievement.

More than 1,000 public school students in Rhode Island were considered homeless during the 2015 - 16 school year, according to the most recent available data provided to Rhode Island Kids Count, the state's leading child advocacy organization.

These range from working with victims of domestic violence, including children, to feeding and clothing the impoverished families in the heart of the city, working with Chicago's overnight homeless women's shelters, teaching at - risk high school students in Chicago Public Schools and also working in other elementary school settings.