Homeless Education

National Symposium on Transportation for Homeless Children and Youth Proceedings (2003)

This resource is for educators, shelter providers, or anyone interested in removing the school transportation barrier for homeless students. These proceedings include descriptions and features of successful transportation programs and strategies to gain local, state, and federal support.

NCHE brochure (2003)

This brochure explains the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and provides information about NCHE's mission and services, including the NCHE national helpline.

Parent Brochure (2003)

This brochure explains the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and informs parents about ways in which they can support their children's education during times of mobility

Parent Pack (2003)

This sturdy, laminated folder provides parents a place to keep important records and documents related to their children's education. The folder also includes information on the rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness and helpful tips about enrollment and disenrollment. Available in Spanish and English.

State Coordinator's Handbook for Supporting Local Homeless Education Liaisons (2003)

The State Coordinator's Handbook for Supporting Local Homeless Education Liaisons is a useful tool to assist State Coordinators for Homeless Education in implementing the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in their state. The Handbook provides information and strategies compiled from State Coordinators across the country for identifying local liaisons (as required by federal law), training liaisons in their role, and maintaining ongoing communication with liaisons. The Handbook, developed by NCHE in collaboration with the College of William and Mary, is intended to be a companion document to the Local Homeless Education Liaison Toolkit.

Students on the Move: Reaching and Teaching Highly Mobile Children and Youth (2003)

This handbook synthesizes research on the education of various subpopulations of students who tend to be highly mobile and explores common characteristics and significant differences. Subpopulations explored include migratory children and youth, children and youth experiencing homelessness, children of military families, and students experiencing mobility on a global scale.

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School Readiness

Assessing the State of State Assessments: Perspectives on Assessing Young Children (2003)

This document included a series of papers on theoretical and practical issues associated with wide-scale assessment systems that collect data from preschool- and kindergarten-age children.

Evaluations of School Readiness Initiatives: What Are We Learning? (2003)

This is a synthesis of evaluations and research on school readiness programs. In addition to looking at what impact the programs have on student outcomes, the methods used to study these programs and developed recommendations for improving the data collection—as well as improving student outcomes—in school readiness programs were also examined.

Inside The Content: The Breadth and Depth of Early Learning Standards

• Executive Summary
• Full Report

This report details results from a content analysis conducted on 38 sets of early learning standards available for review in November 2003. The report provides an in-depth look at the areas of children’s learning and development that have and have not been addressed in early learning standards developed by states to define expectations for preschool-age children.

Standards for Preschool Children's Learning and Development: Who Has Standards, How Were They Developed, and How Are They Used? (2003)

This document identifies which states have developed early learning standards, provides descriptive information about the nature of the standards, provides data about the process used to develop early learning standards, and explores how these standards are (or will be) used.

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