Helping homeless children by testing them more?
Sent to the NY Daily News, March 30
"Schools put to the test as ranks of homeless students grow, causing stress for kids, staff," March 30) tells us that 20% of children in some areas of Manhattan are homeless, which results in hunger, sleep deprivation, and no quiet place to do homework. Even the best teaching in the world will have very limited results with children living under these conditions.
Manhattan is not the only place with high levels of child poverty. In fact, the US has the highest level of child poverty among all industrialized countries.
Instead of taking steps to deal with these problems directly, the US Department of Education is investing huge