Northwest Now

Achievement Gap

Special | 26m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

The Tacoma Housing Authority's McCarver Elementary School Special Housing Program was launched more than five years ago. It's a pilot project in conjunction with the Gates Foundation and the Tacoma Public Schools to see whether if by providing transient families housing vouchers, the resulting stability would flow-through and into measurable academic success for their school-aged children.

Aired: 02/10/17

Rating: TV-G

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