We have the most segregated school system in the United States of America. And it's a system where we are not only seeing that as a crisis, but also the fact that now, For the ninth consecutive year, more than 100,000 of our students are homeless. I think we have reached 140,000 by last count. And so there are a number of proposals that have been put forward, I think a few of them, especially from the School Diversity Advisory Group in the previous administration, to get to the heart of how we can resolve this. (04:55–05:03)
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Asserts that over 100,000 students in New York City are homeless, with the latest count at 140,000.
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