Schools Add Washing Machines, See Attendance Improve - CityLab
This is a powerful statement about our society. Make of it what you will, but it makes me very sad to know that children aren't getting education because of income problems.
In talking to parents, Gunn discovered that many didn’t have easy access to washing machines. Or if they did have machines, they couldn't always use them because they couldn’t afford detergent, or their electricity had been shut off. For these families, laundry had to take a backseat to more pressing needs such as food and rent.
It turned out that when students didn’t have clean clothes, they often stayed home from school out of embarrassment. Logan, an eighth-grader, spoke about how difficult it is for others to understand his problem: “I think people don’t talk about not having clean clothes because it makes you want to cry or go home or run away or something. It doesn’t feel good.”
This is a powerful statement about our society. Make of it what you will, but it makes me very sad to know that children aren't getting education because of income problems.