This past March was a blur for Arianne Allan, a mother of two who lives in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. As soon as her family recovered, Ms. Allan set out on a mission that, five months later, is still unfinished: making sure her children could learn. It took weeks for her son and daughter, then in the third and twelfth grade, to receive iPads from the Department of Education. After Ms. Allan’s family was forced to move into a different shelter this summer, there was a new problem. “I don’t pass up an opportunity when it comes to education for my children,” Ms. Allan said.

Source: New York Times September 14, 2020 09:00 UTC