For Homeless, No Place Like School. Stacy A. Teicher.
by Teicher, Stacy A; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 8Institutions. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2005ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Educational law and legislation | Homeless children -- Education | Homeless children -- Services for | Homelessness -- Law and legislation | Right to education | Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance ActDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Not until 2002, with the strengthening of a federal law known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, were all school districts required to have a liaison for homeless students--and to remove barriers to their full participation in school. The law isn't just about kids who sleep in cars or on the streets. Estimates of the number of children in the United States who experience homelessness at some point in a given year range from 900,000 to 2.8 million. They're in shelters, or doubled up with relatives or friends in overcrowded houses. They're in motels or substandard apartments. They're teens on the run from abuse or kicked out after the latest argument with family. They don't have a stable place to call home--but wherever they are, they have the right to an education." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the history of the McKinney law and explains its significance to homeless students, a group once overlooked by the education system.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: For Homeless, No Place Like School, Feb. 8, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Not until 2002, with the strengthening of a federal law known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, were all school districts required to have a liaison for homeless students--and to remove barriers to their full participation in school. The law isn't just about kids who sleep in cars or on the streets. Estimates of the number of children in the United States who experience homelessness at some point in a given year range from 900,000 to 2.8 million. They're in shelters, or doubled up with relatives or friends in overcrowded houses. They're in motels or substandard apartments. They're teens on the run from abuse or kicked out after the latest argument with family. They don't have a stable place to call home--but wherever they are, they have the right to an education." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article discusses the history of the McKinney law and explains its significance to homeless students, a group once overlooked by the education system.
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