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Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Associate Professor of Education Policy & Leadership, Southern Methodist University

COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges for students who are homeless

Before the pandemic about 1.28 million children were experiencing homelessness. Johnce/E+ via Getty Images

Before the pandemic hit in March 2020, Faith – a single mother with two children, one in third grade and one in fifth grade – worked at a sports stadium in Houston. Her focus at the time was “paying for a room and trying to pay for child care,” she stated during an interview.

But after the pandemic began, the stadium canceled games and Faith found herself out of work. Not long afterward, she and her children were evicted.

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