New York City Students Identified in Temporary Housing and Challenges to Their School Success

• In Event: Roundtable Session 21
  In Roundtable Session: Perspectives on Housing and Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of NYC students identified in various temporary housing (STH) types and the schools they attend, their academic achievement, and supports for and barriers to their school success. Further, this study probes how schools serving higher than average concentrations of STH can be better resourced and organized to support students and their families who are unstably housed. It relies on interviews with school administration, teachers, and staff as well as families. This proposal expands quantitative findings presented during a poster session at the 2015 AERA conference as well as adds qualitative data now collected

Author

• Liza Pappas, The New York City Independent Budget Office