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Democratizing Education
Authors: Grover, Sonja
Journal Name: Journal of Children and Poverty
Publication Date: 2004
This paper offers a strategy for teaching street children aged 13-18 to be professional youth workers via a six-month post-secondary college-level program. There would be no literacy or academic prerequisites for entry to the program. This paper introduces a pedagogy involving teaching a profession without a literacy prerequisite as an approach to the integration of street children (exerpt from source: IngentaConnect: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cjcp/2004/00000010/00000002/art00002)
Tags: street children; education; children & childhood; education policy; social work; income, employment & education; population; child poverty; youth
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Education Watch Summary Reports
Organization: The Education Trust
Publication Date: 2006
Links to state and nation Education Watch Summary Reports for 2003-2006
Tags: children; education
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National Center for Homeless Education
Publication Date: 2007
The National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children experiencing homelessness.
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the Center serves as a clearinghouse of information for people seeking to remove or overcome educational barriers and to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for children and youth experiencing homelessness. The Cente...
Tags: organizations; education; children
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Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit
Authors: McKeown, Rosalyn; Hopkins, Charles; Rizzi, Regina; Chrystalbride, Marianne
Source: Washington, DC: Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health, 2003.
Publication Date: 2002
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their sustainability efforts. As communities develop sustainability goals, local educational systems can modify existing curriculums to reinforce those goals. As we developed the Toolkit, it became apparent that many communities have not developed sustainability goals or action plans on which to base educational change....
Tags: local data/report; financing and sustainability; children; education; community planning and organizing
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Educating Homeless Children
Authors: Davies, Leah
Organization: Kelly Bear
Publication Date: 2005
After contextualizing the problem of providing education to children experiencing homelessness, Dr. Leah Davies discusses the roles that teachers and school boards can play in providing for these children. She illuminates the barriers that these children face, but also explains what teachers need to know to provide the best possible care to these children. (HRC)
Tags: Homeless Children; education
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Homeless and in Need of Special Education
Authors: Heflin, Juane; Rudy, Kathryn; United States
Publication Date: 1991
This booklet examines the plight of homeless families who have children who need special educational services. It explores the magnitude of homelessness among families, provides empirical descriptions of homeless populations, and identifies factors contributing to the rising incidence of homelessness in the United States. Specific effects of homelessness on children and youth are considered. The booklet also discusses educational implications and documents federal programs that have...
Tags: Homeless Children; education; homeless youth; special education; income, employment & education; population; families with children; youth
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A Homeless Educator's Sourcebook
Publication Date: 2003
This sourcebook is intended to help educators discover new and effective ways to serve the students experiencing homelessness in their own districts. (Authors)
Tags: children; education; youth; tool kits/curricula/training materials
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Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - Us Department of Education
Publication Date: 2007
The Rehabilitation Services Administration, authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended, provides formula and discretionary grants related to expanding and improving vocational rehabilitation and independent living outcomes for persons with disabilities, including persons who have mental illnesses. Formula grants are provided to state vocational rehabilitation agencies to enable eligible individuals with disabilities to achieve employment and/or independent living. Discretionary grants for...
Tags: organizations; education; background and context
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Imagine the Possibilities: Sourcebook for Educators Committed to the Educational Success of Students Experiencing Homelessness
Authors: Berliner, BethAnn; McCormick, Treseen
Publication Date: 2001
What can educators do to help homeless students attend school and achieve once there? Imagine the Possibilities is a comprehensive sourcebook for people who work with homeless students — teachers, school secretaries, site administrators, school nurses, counselors, district or county office staff, shelter workers, and volunteers. Both research-based and practical, it includes reproducible awareness materials, training activities, classroom strategies and activities, and ready-to-use sample...
Tags: homelessness; schools; students; education; income, employment & education; population; youth
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Education and Homeless Youth: Policy Implementations
Authors: Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA)
Publication Date: 2007
This issue of the Navigator includes an article about a study conducted involving youth under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. Youth were interviewed about their educational experiences. An article on how to better serve homeless youth is also included in this issue. (HRC)
Tags: youth; education
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Domestic Violence, Homelessness, and Children's Education
Organization: National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) at SERVE
Publication Date: 2004
This brief outlines the consequences of domestic violence for children and the federal legislative responses: the McKinney-Vento Act and the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act. It also provides policies and practices for schools and service providers as well as resources for more information.
Tags: education; McKinney Title 1; domestic violence; children
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Educating Homeless Children by Damien Jackson
Authors: Jackson, Damien
Journal Name: National Housing Institute Shelterforce Online
Publication Date: 2004
McKinney-Vento is supposed to help homeless children receive a decent education. But much still depends on the ability of each school district to reach families in need. (Author)
Tags: Homeless Children; education
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Poverty should not stand in the way of education
Publication Date: 2010
Education is largely regarded as the silver bullet to overcoming poverty. How ironic, then, that a recent study shows poverty has a serious impact on children's ability to get an education.
The study, completed last fall, shows rural poverty, especially in the Centre and North Hastings areas, as well as in pockets of Prince Edward County, is pegged as a leading factor relating directly to challenges faced by youngsters entering the school system.
Tags: education; students; youth; poverty
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Handbooks: Education, Training and Employment (International)
Authors: Homeless Link
Publication Date: 2008
This new section of the Homeless Link website is dedicated to education, training and employment services for homeless and socially excluded people. It features good practice guidance and considerations for a wide range of services and activities, from engagement and stabilization activities, to volunteering, placements, self-employment and social enterprise. It is designed for homelessness service workers and managers to find resources to support and complement their work, including innovati...
Tags: international; employment; education; handbook
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An Introduction to HUD for Institutions of Higher Education
Publication Date: 2000
This guide contains descriptions of programs offered to colleges by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Originally issued in 1996, the guide has been significantly updated in this edition. Each program description contains the following five sections:
-Purpose
-Opportunities for Action
-Funding Information
-Examples of Action
-For Further Information (HUD)
Tags: mainstream programs; education
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LeTendre Education Fund Scholarships
Authors: National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Source: National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth
Publication Date: 2012
Children and youth in homeless situations face numerous barriers to educational success. Deep poverty, high mobility, and school requirements often make attending and succeeding in school a challenge. Despite these challenges, many students who experience homelessness not only graduate from high school, but wish to pursue a college education. (Authors)
Tags: education; child homelessness; scholarship
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Local Homeless Education Agency Liaison Toolkit
Authors: Popp, Patricia; Lilliston, Jennifer; Stronge, James
Publication Date: 2003
NCHE, in collaboration with The College of William and Mary, developed the Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit to orient liaisons to their responsibilities and to the 2001 McKinney-Vento Act. The College of William and Mary staff conducted a survey of state coordinators for homeless education during the summer of 2001 to determine the number of states that already require local liaisons in every district, the current roles and responsibilities of the liaisons, resources availabl...
Tags: education; children; youth
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The Social Benefits of Education: New Evidence on an Old Question
Authors: Riddell, Craig W.
Organization: University of British Columbia
Publication Date: 2004
Education has numerous consequences for individuals and society. For many people, there is some "consumption value" from the educational process. Human beings are curious creatures, and they enjoy learning and acquiring new knowledge. Education also has considerable "investment value." Those who acquire additional schooling generally earn more over their lifetimes, achieve higher levels of employment, and enjoy more satisfying careers. Education may also enable peop...
Tags: education
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Transitions to Adulthood for Homeless Adolescents: Education and Public Policy
Authors: Tierney, William G. ; Gupton, Jarrett T. ; Hallett, Ronald E.
Organization: Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis
Publication Date: 2008
Improving the post-secondary educational opportunities for low-income students is one of the foci at the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA). We conduct studies with sub-groups of lowincome students (e.g. youth in foster care and undocumented youth) to improve policies and practices that impact their access to higher education. Education plays a critical role in how adolescents mature into adults. One of the most vulnerable, and often forgotten, sub...
Tags: low-income students; education; access to education
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Homeless Children and Youth at Risk: The Educational Impact of Displacement
Authors: Joseph Murphy
Journal Name: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk
Publication Date: 2011
This article explores the issue of how displacement affects the educational well-being of homeless children and youth. The review begins with a variable, mobility which has a good deal of explanatory power for the educational impacts examined. It concludes with the consequences of homelessness that follow displaced children and youth into adulthood.
Tags: homeless; children; youth; education; displacement