The 2009-2010 school year saw record-setting numbers of homeless students within Chicago Public Schools - 15,027.  

Also find links to other organizations working in Chicago and nationally to combat homelessness or to advocate for the education of homeless children. 

Articles on homelessness/homeless education

Chicago News Cooperative: Advocates: Back to School Push Missing Key Piece

Article on transportation options for students experiencing homelessness. 

Catalyst Chicago: Drama in their lives

Feature article examining increasing homelessness and its connection to soaring truancy rates. 

Crosscut (WA): More students in Washington are homeless

Multi-article series charting the McKinney-Vento Act and how Washington state school districts are addressing the increasing numbers of homeless students. 

Seattle Times: Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see

A multi-part, multi-media series on various families in a variety of temporary living situations and the challenges they face. 

Chicago Tribune: Chicago students survive homelessness, move on to college

The inspiring story of how 3 different students, despite being homeless, have graduated high school and are working to obtain college degrees.

Chicago Tribune: Increasingly, Families Taking Shelter Anywhere they Can

Living conditions are redefined for some families as they face the loss of their homes.