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Maxine Waters: “The real problem I am running into is the number of schools that the young people end up going to while they are…”

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
The real problem I am running into is the number of schools that the young people end up going to while they are homeless, and they lose credit.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters highlights the issue of homeless youth losing academic credits due to frequent school changes.

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