Nouvelles quotidiennes de New York | An advocacy group that counts the growing number of homeless students in New York City every year released a new brief Monday underscoring a need for more support for these 154,000 children in local schools.

The report from Advocates for Children of New York found that 63% of students living in shelters are chronically absent, and 1 in 5 are forced to transfer schools — disrupting their education mid-school year. Just one-third of all homeless students — in shelters or other forms of temporary housing — score proficient on their reading exams, widening an achievement gap with students in stable housing.