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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)
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
In classrooms across the country, when students hear the bell ring at 3 p.m., it signals the end of the school day and, for many, the start of an afternoon without supervision, without productive activities and without direction. Afterschool and summer learning programs are filling the invaluable role of providing essential services--such as a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Summer Programs, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Peled, Maya; Smith, Annie – Education Canada, 2010
Education plays a key role in young people's healthy development. Research conducted by the McCreary Centre Society (a British Columbia non-profit organization concerned with youth health) has shown that even the most vulnerable youth who feel connected to school are more likely to report better health and above average marks, and to engage in…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Student Needs, Student Experience
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Wong, Yi Ling – Journal of Access Services, 2009
This paper takes a theoretical and practical approach in defining the "problem" of homelessness in libraries. The author examines three fundamental problems on homelessness. The three fundamental questions are: (a) Who are the homeless? (b) Why are they homeless? (c) What are their information needs in libraries? These questions are important in…
Descriptors: User Needs (Information), Homeless People, Public Libraries, Social Responsibility
Einspar, Michele Christine – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In 2005-2006, close to one million homeless children in our nation faced unprecedented challenges trying to access and succeed in public schools. Fortunately, legislation was enacted to support this special needs population. The types of support mentioned in the McKinney-Vento Act include: transportation to and from school, immediate enrollment in…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Poverty, Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth
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Ogden, Jane; Avades, Talin – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
Eight homeless people were interviewed about their experiences of health and social services. Three themes emerged: responsibility, identity, and feeling trapped. Although some felt they were responsible for their own situation and avoided help, most turned to formal channels for help, but professionals were often seen as offering unwanted labels…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Social Services, Access to Information
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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
Tierney, William G.; Gupton, Jarrett T.; Hallett, Ronald E. – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2008
Education plays a critical role in how adolescents mature into adults. A vulnerable, and often forgotten, sub-population of the poor is homeless youth, for whom lack of a stable or adequate residence creates a unique set of educational barriers. The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) spent 18 months documenting the experiences of…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Barriers
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Moore, Tim; McArthur, Morag – Australian Journal of Education, 2011
Children who experience homelessness are at risk of poor health and well-being, and negative social outcomes. They are often exposed to stressful life events, such as domestic violence, parental mental health difficulties and family breakdown. Although many experience difficulties in remaining engaged in school, children report that schools can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Children, At Risk Persons
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Reck, Jen – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2009
This study, focused on five transgender and gay youth of color from San Francisco, explored how family problems, poverty, homophobia, and transphobia propelled them into homelessness and made gay-friendly spaces and resources especially meaningful to them. These young people describe seeking support in San Francisco's well-known gay enclave, the…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Family Problems, Homeless People, Young Adults
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Osgood, D. Wayne; Foster, E. Michael; Courtney, Mark E. – Future of Children, 2010
D. Wayne Osgood, E. Michael Foster, and Mark E. Courtney examine the transition to adulthood for youth involved in social service and justice systems during childhood and adolescence. They survey the challenges faced by youth in the mental health system, the foster care system, the juvenile justice system, the criminal justice system, and special…
Descriptors: Runaways, Homeless People, Physical Disabilities, Chronic Illness
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Edwards, Kathy – Journal of Youth Studies, 2007
Low youth electoral turnouts are considered problematic in many democracies. Here I explore youth electoral engagement in the Australian context where the policy literature attributes low youth electoral enrolments to apathetic and disassociated youth, and the response is Civics and Citizenship education. This construction of youth and advocacy of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Youth, Attitudes, Citizen Participation
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Tanabe, Clifton S. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
Given the extent to which our society values education, it is perplexing to learn that we continue to struggle to provide all children, especially homeless children, an adequate education. This troubling issue is the focus of this paper. Specifically, this paper will center around two basic questions; 1) what has the legal system done to ensure…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Legal Aid, Access to Education, Legal Responsibility
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Kuyini, Alhassan Abdul-Razak; Abosi, Okechuwu – World Journal of Education, 2011
Ghana is witnessing an increasing number of 2nd generation street children (SGSC) living in the street of Accra, the capital city as a result of many factors including teenage pregnancy among street girls, ethnic conflicts and rural-urban migration. Street presents enormous risks to street children; they are excluded from safe-family environment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homeless People, Children, Qualitative Research
Bowman, Diana; Burdette, Paula; Julianelle, Patricia – Project Forum, 2008
Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) worked together to collect information regarding the need for a policy forum on the topic of administrative collaboration between school personnel who support homeless education under the McKinney-Vento…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Homeless People, Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth
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