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Miller, Peter M. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
Family homelessness has been on the rise throughout the United States in recent years. As a result, more schools and communities than ever are challenged to serve students whose lives are touched by instability, uncertainty, and crisis. To date, there has been little inquiry into how families' particular places of homelessness might shape school…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Family Characteristics, Mixed Methods Research, Social Networks
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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. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2009
This qualitative study examines the collaboration and leadership practice that influences the education of homeless students in a large Mid-Atlantic city. The perspectives of administrators and staff members from three homeless shelters are analyzed with insights from Spillane's (Distributed leadership, 2006) distributed leadership theory.…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership