Of the five boroughs, Bronx schools consistently enroll the largest number of homeless students (STH). Of the 114,659 STH enrolled in the City's 33 school districts during the 2017-18 academic year, 37,484 attended schools in the Bronx (NYSED, 2018). Almost one-third (10,804) of these students were enrolled in schools in District 10. Although…

"No Place to Call Home: Child and Youth Homelessness in the United States," prepared by intern Neil Damron and released in May 2015, presents the statistics on child and youth homelessness and recent trends in Wisconsin and the United States. It explores the major challenges faced by homeless minors, and, drawing from recent research by…

Education plays a critical role in how adolescents mature into adults. A vulnerable, and often forgotten, sub-population of the poor is homeless youth, for whom lack of a stable or adequate residence creates a unique set of educational barriers. The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) spent 18 months documenting the experiences of…