1 in 8 public school students in New York City homeless last year: data

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least 146,000 public school students in New York City, about one in eight, did not have permanent housing at some point during the past school year, a record number and a 23 percent increase from the year before, according to figures released by Advocates for Children of New York on Monday.

"Almost all of those students were living either in shelters across the city or 'doubled u