Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/schools-cope-with-rising-numbers-of-homeless-students Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Amid the economic downturn, schools are struggling to cope with a growing number of homeless children and families. Special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports from Wisconsin. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. GWEN IFILL: We turn now to the first in our series of stories about people hard hit by hard times. Tonight, a report on how schools are struggling to cope with a growing number of homeless children. It comes from special correspondent John Tulenko of Learning Matters, which produces education stories for the NewsHour. RADIO HOST: It is now 6:47, 32 in Green Bay, as we head outside on this Monday morning. JOHN TULENKO, NewsHour Correspondent: Green Bay, Wisconsin, a city of 100,000 where unemployment just passed 10 percent, now finds itself succumbing to a new national trend. EMPLOYEE: Good morning, ladies. This is your wake-up call. JOHN TULENKO: More families than ever are homeless. This is Green Bay's only family shelter, and the waiting list to get in is growing. The shelter's executive director is Phil Wimer. PHIL WIMER, Executive Director, Freedom House Ministries: The face of homelessness is changing. It's going from that stereotypical view of homeless individuals — you know, maybe you're single, male, you know, no family, substance-abuse issues — to families with children.