Bronx
In School, Homeless Kids Face A Different Test
Dale Eisinger and Alana Casanova-Burgess |
Homeless children struggle with more than reading and math. They’re challenged to stay connected to schools as their families search for shelter.
Brothers Erickson Morales, 10, Erick Morales, 9, and Roeriel Morales, 5, pose outside the PATH Center in the Bronx, where they are currently living. They are enrolled in PS 399 in Brooklyn in the fall, but they do not know where they will be living when school starts.
Homeless children struggle with more than reading and math. They’re challenged to stay connected to schools as their families search for shelter.
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