Article: A Record 119,300 New York City Students Were Homeless Last Year

Overview: New York City has seen an all-time high in homeless students. These students live in unreliable places, and students with the circumstances drop out at a “steep rate”. According to The New York Times, “New York City’s homeless student population is now larger than the entire traditional public school system of Philadelphia.” That is a staggering statistic. It has been found that 1 in 9 students in New York are homeless. Migrant children are the majority of these students, and the city is obviously struggling to help them. Another aspect of these children dropping out of school is that they are well behind, and New York does not have as many bilingual educators as they need. Another aspect is a mental health crisis among these children, as they have faced lots of adversity in their short lives.

Overall this is very sad news, and it should bring awareness for them to get a better education which will therefore lead to a better life. However, this article uses proximity for New Yorkers, as the article mentions these homeless children, the education system, and New York housing issues. It also uses human interest, as people in the education system, or anyone who cares about the next generation will have concern, as these children are not getting the proper support from the City to succeed. Hopefully the City will get more volunteers to help these children with their housing problems, and I hope that the education system gets their act together, and start testing these children for mental disabilities in order to find out what kind of help they need.