In New York City, there are 102 Suspension Hub schools serving nearly 3,500 homeless middle schoolers. These schools suspended more than 6.6% of their students overall in SY 2015–16—nearly three times the city’s rate. Explore the data further using this interactive tool.…
Visualizing Child Homelessness: Last year homelessness affected 1.3 million children in American public schools. New York State is home to two-thirds of all homeless students in the Northeast. In the nation’s capital, the homeless student population grew by 70% from SY 2013–14 to SY 2016–17. The number of homeless students living doubled up in Connecticut…
This snapshot is part of a series analyzing student homelessness in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It analyzes how many homeless students are enrolled in public schools in New Jersey, where in the state they reside, and how they perform in school compared to their peers.…
On March 6, 2018 at SXSW EDU in Austin, TX, step into the hidden world of student homelessness at “The Invisible Million: Homeless Students in the U.S.”…
For years, we at the Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness have focused a spotlight on student homelessness in major cities, with annual reports on New York City and now, for the first time, Seattle. …
Suspensions are given to millions of students each year, taking them out of school and negatively impacting their behavior and achievement. For students experiencing homelessness, removal from the classroom can have severe consequences.…
The instability of homelessness can have lasting effects on a child’s academic performance. In Seattle Public Schools, housed students performed better than their homeless peers across races and subjects.…
To mark GIS Day 2017, Senior GIS Analyst Kristen MacFarlane examines the many ways ICPH uses Geographic Information Systems in our work.…
Seattle has long been on the forefront when it comes to supporting homeless students and working to end family homelessness, but family homelessness is so pervasive that every school, neighborhood, community, and individual in Seattle must accept that someone in their world is experiencing housing instability.…
Homeless children and families not only struggle with housing, but also accessing basic needs, such as food to eat. Hunger and homelessness know no bounds—children in every city and state lack basic necessities.…
While Seattle is known for its tech titans, cycling enthusiasts, and progressive values, it is also home to over 3,600 homeless students. Ninety-seven percent of all public schools in Seattle serve at least one homeless student; 71% serve more than 10. In this publication, ICPH, through a partnership with Seattle Public Schools, illustrates just how pervasive and far-reaching the issue of student homelessness is across the city.…
This weekend, ICPH is headed to Chicago for the 29th Annual National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY) Conference. There, we will join others from across the country who work to support the educational equity of children and youth experiencing homelessness.…