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ERIC Number: EJ759558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep-21
Pages: 3
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0277-4232
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Needs of Displaced Students Emerge as Issue for Districts
Gewertz, Catherine
Education Week, v25 n4 p1, 22-23 Sep 2005
As schools scrambled to absorb hundreds of thousands of students displaced by Hurricane Katrina, experts urged administrators to consider and plan for a host of academic and emotional issues that could come along with them. Education researchers and experts in psychology recognize that school leaders may feel overwhelmed by the demands of accommodating scores of new students so quickly. But they urged them to try to strike a balance between meeting children's immediate physical needs--for clothes, books, a seat in class--and meeting their scholastic and mental-health needs. Among the many considerations to be weighed are how to distribute the newcomers within a district, how schools can keep those children from falling behind, how teachers and counselors can understand and respond to their behavior, and how staff members can best welcome students from different cultural backgrounds. This article addresses the multiple needs of displaced students which emerge as an impending issue for school districts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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