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Educational Stability for Students Without Homes: Realizing the Promise of McKinney-Vento
Homelessness frequently undermines children’s ability to succeed in school. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, with its broad definition of homelessness, seeks to ensure educational stability for children who are homeless—in particular by recognizing their right to remain in their “school of origin.” Many school districts, however, ignore the Act. Multifaceted advocacy to enforce it in several school districts in Maryland has met with considerable success.
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- Patricia F. Julianelle, The McKinney-Vento Act: Stable Schooling Despite Unstable Housing (Jan.-Feb. 2004)
- Laurene M. Heybach and Stacey E. Platt, Enforcing the Educational Rights of Homeless Children and Youth: Focus on Chicago (May-June 1998)
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