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Shaw-Amoah, Anna; Lapp, David – Research for Action, 2021
As Research for Action (RFA) found in 2018 (see ED593694), Pennsylvania schools have a history of under-identifying students experiencing homelessness, denying likely hundreds of students the educational rights afforded by federal law each year. Now the state, along with the whole nation, is facing multiple crises as a result of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Federal Legislation, Public Schools, Identification
Erb-Downward, Jennifer, Comp.; Evangelist, Michael, Comp. – Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan, 2018
Recent research in the State of Michigan has shown homelessness among children to be a key factor predicting student achievement in both rural and urban areas, yet little attention has been given, thus far, to understanding where homeless students in Michigan attend school and how their needs might differ depending on their geographic location.…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Housing, Academic Achievement, Student Needs
Perlman, Staci – National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, 2015
In 2013, The National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth administered a survey to school district liaisons, homeless housing providers, and early care/education providers (including Early Head Start/Head Start (EHS/HS), child care, preschool, Early Intervention (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C), and…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Barriers
Baumohl, Jim, Ed. – 1996
This book about homelessness in the United States offers 16 chapters in three parts. Part 1, "History Definitions, and Causes," includes: (1) "Redefining the Cursed Word: A Historical Interpretation of American Homelessness" (Kim Hopper and Jim Baumohl); (2) "Homelessness: Definitions and Counts" (Martha R. Burt); (3)…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Family Problems, Federal Aid