For Homeless, No Place Like School.
Stacy A. Teicher.
- Christian Science Monitor, 2005.
- SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 8, Institutions, 1522-3256; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. 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.
1522-3256;
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
Educational law and legislation Homeless children--Education Homeless children--Services for Homelessness--Law and legislation Right to education