COVID-19

‘I miss my teachers’: Already on the margins, homeless students hit hard by shuttered schools

Educators say some older teens are essentially dropping out during pandemic

A woman in a red shirt stands in front of trees.
Patricia Bass, 19, wants to graduate from high school in the spring. But without stable housing and a pandemic that has forced schools to closed, Bass, pictured in Minnetonka, Minn., on Saturday, April 25, 2020, said it's hard to stay motivated.
Evan Frost | MPR News