Descriptor
Source
| Phi Delta Kappan | 1 |
Author
| Linehan, Michelle Fryt | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Hawaii | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Stewart B McKinney Homeless… | 3 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Linehan, Michelle Fryt – Phi Delta Kappan, 1992
Shows how children are affected by homelessness, how school personnel can help alleviate major stresses (constant moving, frequent change of schools, overcrowded living conditions, and lack of access to basic resources), and how Massachusetts and other state departments of education are preparing school personnel to serve homeless kids. Educators…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Download full textNational Association of State Coordinators for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, Austin, TX. – 1990
This report recommends that reauthorization of Subtitle VII-B of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (1987) should include funding for direct services and asks the Federal Government to assume a leadership role in not only counting homeless children but also in ensuring that they receive a free and appropriate public education.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childhood Needs, Data Collection, Educational Finance
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Superintendent. – 1990
In 1987, Congress passed the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. One of its provisions was that each child of a homeless individual and each homeless youth have access to a free, appropriate public education. As required by the Act, the state prepared a plan for indirect and direct educational services to the homeless children of Hawaii.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Childhood Needs, Children, Childrens Rights
