More than 154,000 New York City public school students were homeless for a period during the last school year, according to a new report from the nonprofit for Advocates for Children of New York.

It is a record high for a number that has been climbing for a decade. The report is based on state data.

“Every year for the past decade, more than 100,000 students in our public schools have been homeless; there are now more students who are homeless in NYC than the entire Dallas public school system,” said Jennifer Pringle, Director of AFC’s Learners in Temporary Housing Project.

She said nearly 1 in 7 of the school system’s more than 900,000 students was homeless at some point last year. Homelessness causes major disruptions to children’s education as their family life is thrown into chaos

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