Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ579327
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Homeless Students: A Search for Understanding.
Robertson, Donna Friedman
International Journal of Leadership in Education, v1 n2 p155-68 Apr-Jun 1998
Describes a qualitative research project examining homelessness's effects on children's schooling, highlighting a South Carolina intervention program's success. Research disclosed an informal homelessness "caste system," the political unpopularity of providing homeless services, homeless kids' high rates of academic failure and problem behaviors, administrators' insensitivities, and the importance of empowerment. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Family Programs, High Risk Students, Homeless People, Intervention, Political Influences, Poverty, Program Descriptions, Public Policy, Qualitative Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Georgia (Atlanta); South Carolina
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