P.S. 7: Empowering 104,000 One at a Time
“The amount of students who experience homelessness in New York City outnumbers the amount of residents that are in Albany, our state capital.”
Wayne Harris (left) with Miseducation reporter Fredlove Deshommes.
For several years in a row, the number of students in New York City schools experiencing homelessness has exceeded 100,000. This year, city schools face the added challenge of welcoming a growing number of recent migrants who are entering a youth shelter system that doesn’t have enough beds.
To dig into the issue of youth homelessness, Miseducation producer Abe Levine and student reporter Fredlove Deshommes sat down with Wayne Harris, a regional manager in the NYC DOE’s Office of Students in Temporary Housing. They quickly learned that Wayne is not your average bureaucrat.
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