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Download full textNational Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2010
Middle and high school students experiencing homelessness often face challenges in accruing credits. Class offerings, methods of calculating credits, and graduation requirements can vary greatly among school districts. Students who change schools late in high school can find themselves suddenly in danger of not graduating due to differing class…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Disadvantaged Youth, Credits, Middle School Students
National Center for Homeless Education at SERVE, 2006
The process of immigrating to the United States is full of stressors, both prior to and after arrival, that are unique to immigrants. Even immigrants who are well-educated and professionally credentialed often experience an initial drop in their status and earnings while they improve their English skills, re-take courses, and pass licensing exams…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Immigrants, Refugees, Disadvantaged Youth
Schwartz, Wendy – 1995
In response to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and its amendments, most urban schools have created special programs for homeless students to help them succeed academically and to offer them access to social services and a safe and stress-free environment. Recruitment, enrollment, and service coordination policies are adapted to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Costs, Disadvantaged Youth
Friedman, Lorraine; Poscarinis, Maria, Ed. – 1991
This report reviews and analyzes programs to educate homeless children and youth. A look at the national perspective describes the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987, its passage and content. The paper argues that the Department of Education, charged with implementing the Act, failed to do so. Delays, inadequate monitoring, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Bus Transportation, Children
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Office of Homeless Children and Youth. – 1991
As provided by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, the Massachusetts State Department of Education (MSDE) has developed this plan to attempt to meet the educational needs of homeless children and to supply them with resources to meet those needs. The plan contains a section delineating federal and state laws and state policies…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. – 1990
An administrative manual prepared in compliance with the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, and to supplement the State Plan, was distributed to all local educational agencies in Missouri to communicate the need for actively encouraging the enrollment in school of homeless children and youth. The manual includes the following: a summary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, Attendance, Census Figures
