Trying to live, trying to learn: The number of Colorado’s homeless students triple in the last decade
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Thousands of Colorado schoolchildren are homeless under federal education law, living in motels, shelters and other families’ bedrooms and basements. They bounce from school to school as their families move across the city. The ranks of these “invisibly homeless” are growing, as a tough economy puts pressure on families. The number of homeless schoolchildren in this state has more than tripled in a decade, climbing above 23,000. The repercussions are profound.
AURORA, CO. - March 07: The school age Monroe kids, Jazmine, 6, Matthew, 7, and Jaquan, 8, trudge past a gas station leading to Colfax Ave during their walk home from Kenton Elementary on a cold, rainy, winter afternoon. The family doesn’t own a car so the kids, in their over-sized coats, walk about a mile each way daily. (Photo By Joe Amon/The Denver Post)
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