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President Obama was recently asked about the growing number of families and children who’ve become homeless. He didn’t talk about the roles that schools are being asked to play. But he could have.
Schools seem to be stepping in to fill the role of home. We traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin where the number of homeless students—504—is at an all-time high.
Can schools do it all: provide basic needs; help for parents find work and homes; and raise academic achievement?
(Originally aired April 1, 2009)
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