Surge in Homeless Students

www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/education/06homeless.html?_r=2&ref=education

As my wife walked over to sit by me, I told her, "This article sucks!" I wasn't suggesting it was poorly written; the crisis about which it speaks is discouraging. The economic crunch has caused several hundreds of children to become homeless students, and schools (wealthy schools, I assume) are paying for transportation services to keep the students where they're familiar. Congress isn't providing any help, either. I can't understand why education's budget is so low and why it keeps getting divided. Unless I'm mistaken education is the most important investment a person/people can make.

The economy has improved since last September, so hopefully these children's parents are having luck finding jobs. Though rich school boards can afford transportation such as the two in the article, most schools can do little or nothing about the problem.

The author does a good job not pointing any fingers. She doesn't even seem to be making an argument -- just presenting some research. I fear opinions have too significant a role in articles (etc), so I enjoy reading material that lacks the reek of opinions.