Education for Homeless Children and Youth Program: Analysis of 2005-2006 Federal Data Collection and Three-Year Comparison
This report provides a summary and analysis of the 2005-06 state data collection required by the U.S. Department of Education of the McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth program. The 2005-06 data is also presented in comparison to the 2003-04 and 2004-05 data collections.The Beam, Spring 2007
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Date added: 6/15/07
The Beam, the newsletter for the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY), provides important legislative updates and stories of interest to the homeless education community. Highlights in this issue include information on immigrants, refugees, and homelessness; information on a new web-based professional development program to study homelessness and high mobility in schools; and updates on the NAEHCY 19th annual conference, which will take place in Portland, OR, in November 2007.Buenos Principios: Latino Children in the Earliest Years of Life
Date added: 5/22/07
This report by the National Council of La Raza concludes that investing in high-quality, comprehensive early childhood education programs could help narrow the growing school readiness gap between Latino and other children. The report also makes a series of recommendations for policy-makers to improve the quality of life and school readiness for Latino children in the U.S.Effective Teachers of At-Risk and Highly Mobile Students: A Review of the Literature
Date added: 5/09/07
This literature review examines quality teaching through a framework of the special needs of students who are at risk of school failure because of high poverty or high mobility. First, the review defines the population of students that are a part of the study. The review then explores the personal qualities of teachers associated with effective teaching.NCHE Annotated Bibliography of Homeless Education Resources: 2006
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Date added: 5/08/07
This annotated bibliography lists and describes a selection of publications released in 2006 that deal with issues related to the lives and education of children and youth experiencing homelessness.Children in Immigrant Families - The U.S. and 50 States: National Origins, Language, and Early Education
Date added: 5/04/07
This resource from the Foundation for Child Development discusses the demographics and experience of immigrant children in the United States and explains how young children in immigrant families would benefit from quality early education programs to further their integration into American society.Reading on the Go! (Vol 2): A Handbook of Resources
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Date added: 5/03/07
Reading on the Go! is a two-volume project that explores reading instruction for students experiencing high mobility as a result of high poverty. Volume 2 discusses the implementation of reading programs and is based on the literature reviewed in Volume 1.Mythbusting: Breaking Down Confidentiality and Decision-Making Barriers to Meet the Education Needs of Children in Foster Care
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Date added: 4/26/07
This guide from the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law explains why there is a need to address the education needs of children in foster care; debunks myths about confidentiality and decision-making; explains the federal laws that affect confidentiality of education records and decision making; and suggests strategies to overcome confidentiality and decision-making hurdles when addressing the needs of children in foster care. Use this publication online and benefit from the interactive functions, including links between sections and to additional outside resources; or print a copy of the document to use offline.A McKinney-Vento Toolbox: Constructing a Robust and Rigorous Homeless Education Program, In Case of Disaster and Every Day
Date added: 4/24/07
This toolbox is designed to help school districts implement the McKinney-Vento Act fully, so they can address the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness on a daily basis and in times of disaster. The toolbox contains information and practical lessons learned and resources developed during the recovery process following the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.Opening the Door to the American Dream: Increasing Higher Education Access and Success for Immigrants
Date added: 4/19/07
This report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy highlights the barriers that legal immigrants face as they attempt to enroll in college and complete a degree. Certain barriers have a greater impact on immigrants with the most obvious being limited English proficiency and difficulties integrating into American society. Offering accessible and affordable programs to help immigrants learn English and become familiar with their new country would open the doors to higher education for many immigrants.Highly Mobile Children and Youth with Disabilities: Policies and Practices in Five States
Date added: 4/19/07
The brief from Project Forum focuses on a subset of the population of mobile children: children with disabilities and their families who are highly mobile. The document begins with a background section that provides information about policies and practices developed for mobile children at the federal level. The second section is an analysis of interviews with five state directors of special education and their corresponding McKinney-Vento program coordinators regarding how states are addressing the needs of this population. Interviewees discussed causes of mobility; how they locate mobile children; the number of mobile children and costs of services; features of state programs under McKinney-Vento; how they track outcomes; challenges they have encountered; and policy recommendations.
Date added: 4/18/07
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