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CHILDREN'S EDUCATION UNHOUSED AND UNDERCOUNTED ... Government programs underutilized Original article: Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess | ||
Unhoused and Undercounted.
Public Integrity reporters Amy DiPierro and Corey Mitchell broke new ground with their recent investigation, Unhoused and Undercounted. No media outlet has ever conducted a nationwide attempt to quantify how dramatically schools undercount students experiencing homelessness, the critical first step to providing them much-needed (and federally required) help.
Senior Editor Jennifer LaFleur explains why it matters in a new piece out today.
You can read the investigation here. If you want to dig into all the details of the sophisticated analysis, check out this white paper from DiPierro.
At Public Integrity, collaboration is in our DNA. When we focus our data and investigative superpowers on exposing issues on a national scale, we strive to share that work with journalists across the country so they tell the stories most important to their communities. Reporting from The Seattle Times and a collaboration between WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media are featured on Public Integrity’s site this week as part of this partnership:
Schools can get funds to help homeless students. Why do so many miss out?
A joint DCist/WAMU and Street Sense Media investigation using data from the Center for Public Integrity found that D.C. schools serving a significant number of homeless students are missing out on federal grants meant to serve these students.
In 2018-19 and 2019-20, school systems with the highest percentage of homeless students were not awarded any of this money.
Read the story by WAMU/DCist and Street Sense Media here.
This school district helped homeless students graduate. Here’s what it took.
Only 59% of homeless students in Washington state graduate in four years compared to 83% of all students. A similar disparity exists nationally as well.
But in one Washington school district, the 661 students sleeping on friends’ couches, in vehicles, in shelters or in tents — with or without their families — are graduating at nearly the same rates as their peers. The district has shown that this feat just requires dedicated and consistent support.
Read the full story by The Seattle Times here.
Making visible the hidden toll of student homelessness around the country
Newsrooms across the country – from KCUR in Kansas City to New Mexico In Depth – joined our collaboration to put our data and reporting resources toward telling the stories most important to their communities.
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