Austin S.
Mrs. Zurkowski
Purples
24 September 2010
Homeless Teens - Their Challenges and How to Help Them
Teicher, Stacy A. "For Homeless, No Place Like School." Christian Science Monitor. Feb. 8 2005: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 21 Sep 2010.
"Perhaps never before has so much attention been paid to groups of students once largely overlooked." (Marjorie Kehe, Learning Editor) (Page 1 Para 1)
Apparently, Nicole' family has it hard because they have to "camp" and order her year-round-school that gives hers food. ( Page 1 Para 2 - 4)
- The school Nicole went to in Arizona started an outreach program to help homeless kids called HomeStart. (Page 1 Para 6)
- Nicole's school was early because it started its program in 1993 but all schools were not ordered to have a program until 2002. (Page 1 Para 6 - 7)
- The estimated number of kids who are homeless in the U.S. at one point are 900,000 to 2.8 million. (Page 2 Para 1)
- Homeless kids are kids who do not have a stable home. (Page 2 Para 1)
- "There have been some really significant accomplishments - more kids are getting to school" (Ms. Duffield) (Page 2 Para 5)
- "Homelessness is a moving target - it's getting worse" (Ms. Duffield) (Page 2 Para 5)
Awareness of laws for schools to have to help homeless families has been "filtering down", but the action taken to uphold those laws are minute. (Page 2 Para 6)
Some schools "just don't want these kids". (Joy Moses) (Page 2 Para 6)
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