Tavis Smiley commented on his show the other night that in the three 2012 presidential debates and the 1 vice-presidential debate there was not one question asked about US poverty. Maybe that will change in the future with figures like this coming out.
From the article: Student homelessness hits record high by Blake Ellis:
"There were 1.2 million homeless students during the 2011-12 academic year, from preschool all the way through high school. That's up 10% from last year and 72% from the start of the recession, according to the most recent data available from the National Center for Homeless Education, which is funded by the Department of Education...
Homelessness is even a problem at the college level. Duffield said 58,158 college applicants indicated that they were homeless on federal financial aid forms this year -- up from 53,705 in the previous year. And that number is likely understated as well, since many families don't realize they fall into this category or don't want to admit to it. To top of page"
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/24/pf/h...nts/index.html
Maybe we'll have a repeat of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the coming years. It seems the policy now is to ignore the above and hope it goes away.
Any comments? Possible Solutions?
From the article: Student homelessness hits record high by Blake Ellis:
"There were 1.2 million homeless students during the 2011-12 academic year, from preschool all the way through high school. That's up 10% from last year and 72% from the start of the recession, according to the most recent data available from the National Center for Homeless Education, which is funded by the Department of Education...
Homelessness is even a problem at the college level. Duffield said 58,158 college applicants indicated that they were homeless on federal financial aid forms this year -- up from 53,705 in the previous year. And that number is likely understated as well, since many families don't realize they fall into this category or don't want to admit to it. To top of page"
http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/24/pf/h...nts/index.html
Maybe we'll have a repeat of Lyndon Johnson's war on poverty in the coming years. It seems the policy now is to ignore the above and hope it goes away.
Any comments? Possible Solutions?
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