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Miller, Peter M. – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: This study contributes to the literature on the schooling of homeless and highly mobile students. Although previous work has detailed the demographics of homelessness, the effects of homelessness on academic progress, and particular legal issues in homeless education, this research focused on how individual and institutional…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Urban Areas
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Miller, Peter M. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011
Purpose: This study sought deeper understanding of how sheltered families accessed and mobilized educationally related relationships and resources during periods of homelessness. Such work is posited to be especially relevant considering that there is a growing crisis of family homelessness in the United States and school- and community-based…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Student Problems, Mental Health, Rejection (Psychology)