Homeless Students, Heroic Students

Homeless Students, Heroic Students

Recounts two homeless teenagers' struggle to stabilize their lives and graduate from high school. To help other heroic, homeless students, high schools should adopt flexible admission criteria, attendance policies, course offerings, and class assignments and provide special education services,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Phi Delta Kappan 1994-03, Vol.75 (7), p.535-539
Hauptverfasser: Vissing, Yvonne M., Schroepfer, Dorothy, Bloise, Fred
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Academic Achievement
Admission Criteria
Adolescents
Attendance
Children
Collaboration
Communities
Curricula
Dining Facilities
Education
Fairness
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family Problems
Fathers
Graduation Requirements
Heroes
Heroism
High school curriculum
High school students
High Schools
Home and school
Homeless People
Homeless youth
Homelessness
Homework
Housing
Mothers
New Hampshire
Parent participation
Parent participation (Education)
Pregnancy
Pregnant Students
Prenatal Care
Principals
School Districts
School Nurses
School Responsibility
Shelters
Social aspects
Special education
Student Needs
Students
Youth Problems
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Zusammenfassung:Recounts two homeless teenagers' struggle to stabilize their lives and graduate from high school. To help other heroic, homeless students, high schools should adopt flexible admission criteria, attendance policies, course offerings, and class assignments and provide special education services, transportation vouchers, and emotional support when needed. Schools must give proper referrals and become an extension of homeless youngsters' families. (MLH)
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487