September 2013 Except where noted, all data refer to the 2010–11 school year. Homelessness is experienced by thousands of students in New York City. 71,271 students were homeless during the 2011–12 school year (SY), 40% more than four years earlier.1 6.9% of all students were homeless during SY 2011–12, three times the national rate and…
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a policy brief from ICPH February 2013 Charter schools were introduced to New York City in 1999 to inject new life into the nation’s largest education system. Fourteen years later, the debate over whether these institutions succeed in helping the city’s neediest students remains front and center. While only 4% of New York City’s more…
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