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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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Poverty, Power, and Authority in Education
Authors: Gumbert, Edgar B. ; Silver, Harold; Education against poverty. Young, Michael F. D. ; Ideology and educational research. Friedenberg, Edgar Zodiag; Deference to authority, education in Canada and the United States
Publication Date: 1981
Education against poverty: interpreting British and American policies in the 1960s and 1970s / Harold Silver -- Ideology and educational research / Michael F.D. Young -- Deference to authority, education in Canada and the United States / Edgar Z. Friedenberg.
Tags: education -- research; government publication (gpb); state or province government publication (sgp); income, employment & education; social enterprise
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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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Economics of Poverty and Income Distribution
Authors: Gunderson, Morley
Publication Date: 1983
No description avail.
Tags: income, employment & education; Definitions, Estimates and report cards; informal economy; employment; poverty
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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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To Live and to Learn: Homeless Youth, Literacy, Education and Career.
Authors: Fitzgerald, Michael D.
Publication Date: 1998
The following libraries carry this book:
http://worldcat.org/oclc/40813959?tab=holdings
Tags: education; youth; career; income, employment & education; population; employment training; employment
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Educational Policy and Reform for Homeless Students: An Overview
Authors: Mawhinney-Rhoads, Lynnette; Stahler, Gerald
Journal Name: Education and Urban Society
Publication Date: 2006
This article provides an overview of educational reform efforts that have been targeted toward assisting homeless students. The authors first review some of the difficulties and barriers that confront homeless children in terms of school access and academic success. The authors then examine four different types of educational reforms for homeless students--mainstreamed schools, supplemental supports, transitional schools (separate schools), and modified comprehensive schools--in rela...
Tags: homeless students; school reform; educational barriers; income, employment & education; population; families with children; youth; education
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Educating the Staff at a Homeless Shelter About Mental Illness and Anger Management
Authors: Burke, Jeneane
Journal Name: Journal of community health nursing
Publication Date: 2005
The purpose of this project was to assess the educational needs of the staff working at an urban homeless shelter for women and children, in terms of their knowledge about mental illness, and to provide educational sessions at the site based on the needs assessment. Needs were determined through a variety of sources including a survey designed to assess knowledge about mental illness and perceived learning needs, observations of staff interactions, and discussions with the director.....
Tags: Shelters; staff; treatment outcomes; needs assessment; income, employment & education; education
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Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education and Labour Market Outcomes
Authors: Hull, Jeremy
Organization: Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Publication Date: 2005
Looks at the education of registered Indians, others of Aboriginal ancestry, and other Canadians, and looks at how this impacts on the employment of those groups. It shows that Aboriginals have a lower level of education than other Canadians and that they are much less likely to be employed. Registered Indians are more likely than others of Aboriginal ancestry to complete their education, or to be employed. Also looks at the fields of studies chose...
Tags: income, employment & education; population; Aboriginal people; Life Skills Training
3 Recommendations
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Census Shows Growing Polarization of Income in Canada
Authors: Development, Canadian Council on Social; Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD)
Publication Date: 2003
Looks at the 2001 census figures on Income, which show the increasing polarization of income, and the stability of child poverty rates, which remained essentially the same since 1989, despite a House of Commons resolution to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. Shows problems with Canadian social policy, and the fact that low-income families are earning less than they did in the 1996 census. The number of Canadians living in poverty has increased since 1990, child pover...
Tags: lone-parent families; low-income; income, employment & education; aging in place; families with children
4 Recommendations
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The Government of Canada Helps Canadians With Disabilities Find Meaningful Employment
Authors: HRSDC
Publication Date: 2008
"Mr. Rick Dykstra, Member of Parliament for St. Catharines, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, today announced a national training and development project led by the National Network for Mental Health, which will help 288 Canadians with disabilities to find meaningful employment, or to become self employed."(excerpt from article)
Tags: diabilities; disabled persons; employment; meaningful employment; employment for disabled persons; self employment; income, employment & education; population; visible minorities; education
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Theory and Explanation in Child Welfare: Education and Looked-After Children
Authors: Berridge, D.
Journal Name: Child & Family Social Work
Publication Date: 2007
Empirical child welfare research in England takes insufficient account of wider social theory. Intellectual, professional and political reasons for this are discussed. The implications are considered in relation to one important social problem: the low educational achievement of children looked after by local authorities (‘in care’). It is concluded that the absence of a broader sociological perspective has led to insufficient and simplistic explanations from researchers and policy...
Tags: children; welfare; education; income, employment & education; population; families with children; government benefits; youth
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The Education of Homeless Children - HPS Teleforum Series - Mar 2008
Authors: Homelessness Partnering Strategy; Government of Canada
Publication Date: 2008
Families with children make up a significant portion of the homeless population.
Along with losing their home, a homeless child must often change neighbourhoods and schools while still expected to focus on their school work during this upheaval and transition. This teleforum will look at the education of grade-school aged children from a research, school, and shelter perspective.
Tags: homeless children; homeless youth; street youth; education of homeless children; education; education of homeless youth; child education; youth education; income, employment & education; population; education; families with children; youth
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Making a Home, Finding a Job: Investigating Early Housing and Employment Outcomes for Young People Leaving Care
Authors: Wade, Jim; Dixon, Jo
Journal Name: Child & Family Social Work
Publication Date: 2006
This paper presents findings from a new study of outcomes for young people leaving care funded by the Department for Education and Skills. It reports findings for a sample of 106 young people in relation to progress made in housing and employment some 12–15 months after leaving care. The generally poor employment outcomes of care leavers are acknowledged, but ingredients that make for success are also highlighted, including the value of settled care and post-care careers, so...
Tags: young people; care; services; employment; housing; income, employment & education; population; affordable housing; employment training; youth
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Emerging Service Delivery Models for Educating Homeless Children and Youth: Implications for Policy and Practice
Authors: Stronge, James H.
Journal Name: Educational Policy
Publication Date: 1993
This article addresses the complex and challenging issues of providing an appropriate educational opportunity to homeless children and youth. Concomitant with the contemporary growth in homelessness in American society, educational programs designed to accommodate homeless children and youth have been developed in recent years. A discussion of emerging educational service delivery systems for homeless children and youth, with a particular emphasis on policy implications for...
Tags: education for homeless children; street youth; income, employment & education; youth; action plans
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Tanf Child-Only Cases: Identifying the Characteristics and Needs of Children Living in Low-Income Families
Authors: Anthony, Elizabeth K.; Vu, Catherine M.
Journal Name: Journal of Children and Poverty
Publication Date: 2008
In a 'child-only' case the adult is not included in the welfare benefit calculation and aid is provided only for the child(ren). The proportion of child-only cases within the caseloads of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare program continues to increase while overall TANF cases decrease. Given relatively limited information about the children and adults in child-only cases, this analysis presents the major findings from a review of studies on characteristics of children and care...
Tags: children & childhood; education policy; education; social work; children; income, employment & education; population; child poverty; families with children; youth
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Education From Within; An Experiment in Curriculum Development With Children of Indian Background in Saskatchewan. Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Indian Reserve Communities [By] Martin P. O'Connell
Authors: Renaud, Andre?; Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada
Publication Date: 1971
A current experiment in curriculum development for Indian children in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan examines educational objectives in terms of the characteristics of 20th-Century society. Dissimilarities of Indian communities and the cultural background of Indian children in relation to the traits of non-Indian society point out the problem of bridging the gap between them. The main understandings and working principles of the experiment are: (1) anthropological description...
Tags: curriculum; income, employment & education; population; Aboriginal people; child poverty
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A New Measure of Poverty
Authors: Mitchell, Andrew; Shillington, Richard; Mohamoud, Hindia
Organization: HRDC
Publication Date: 2002
Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) was directed to devise a new measure
Tags: income, employment & education; poverty
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Canada and New Brunswick Work Together to Assist Unemployed Older Workers in the Restigouche and Chaleur Areas
Authors: HRSDC
Publication Date: 2008
CAMPBELLTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, April 21, 2008 - Mr. Mike Allen, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tobique-Mactaquac, on behalf of the Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, and the Honourable Ed Doherty, Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour for New Brunswick, today announced a project that will help 90 older workers from various sectors in the Restigouche and Chaleur regions get adequate training and help them return to the labour force...
Tags: employment; seniors; funding; income, employment & education; education
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Results of the Formative Evaluation of the "Discovery University" Pilot Program
Authors: Karavasilis, Leigh; Hunt-Shanks, Tiffany; Runnels, Vivien; La Roche, Michele; Goodine, Laura; Aubry, Tim D. ; University of Ottawa
Publication Date: 2005
...income with a history of housing difficulties.
The Centre for Research on Community Services at the University of Ottawa was commissioned by the Planning Committee of Discovery University to conduct a program evaluation to examine the implementation of the pilot course.
Specifically, the evaluation focused on the process of selection and accompaniment, course content and process, as well as evaluation of the professor and students' satisfaction with the course.
Tags: income, employment & education; employment training; poverty