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Direct linkWilkins, Brittany Taylor; Mullins, Mary H.; Mahan, Amber; Canfield, James P. – Children & Schools, 2016
The federal government enacted the McKinney--Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVA) to equip schools with services to help alleviate the many barriers students experiencing homelessness face in pursuit of educational opportunities. Educational agencies use federally mandated liaisons to uphold the provisions of the MVA. Despite the homeless liaisons'…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Homeless People, Barriers, Access to Education
Miller, Peter Michael – Educational Policy, 2011
This article describes the central elements of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and, drawing from Spillane's distributed leadership perspective, examines the policy's impact on the homeless education situation. Although the initial passing and subsequent revisions to McKinney-Vento are depicted as providing numerous benefits for students…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Leadership, Program Effectiveness
