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School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable

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School closures leave homeless students even more vulnerable

There are more than 1.5 million homeless public school students in the United States. But with many of those young people relying on school for safety, stability and food, the mass closures of school buildings all over the country due to the coronavirus have left them even more vulnerable than before. NewsHour Weekend's Zachary Green reports as part of our series, "Chasing the Dream."

04/25/2020

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