Number of homeless students climb as foreclosure rates soar

National Public Radio reports this week about how foreclosures and America's economic downturn have resulted in a jump in the number of homeless students.

Federal law allows homeless children have the right to continue their education in the district they were in. But NPR reports that some students across the country have been denied enrollment.

"Administrators at the schools were worried that those students would drag down test scores and make it harder for the school to avoid sanctions under the No Child Left Behind law."