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This 3 page paper addresses the issue schooling for homeless children and youth. Some cities have established special schools for homeless students. This writer disagrees with this practice and offers research to justify the opinion. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of these is Thomas J. Pappas School in Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona who have 500 children and youth enrolled in grades K-12 (Daily Policy Digest, 2001). These schools also provide
"meals, clean clothes, medical attention, school supplies, transportation and even birthday gifts" (Daily Policy Digest, 2001). On one level, at least the schools in Arizona provide services and items,
these children would not find in the regular school. The debate, however, is that schools established expressly for homeless children do not provide an adequate education (Daily Policy Digest, 2001).
Opponents argue that the discomfort a homeless child would feel in a regular school "is a small price to pay for the superior level of education in a mainstream school"
(Daily Policy Digest, 2001). There are many issues involved in having homeless children attend special schools. First, there are the federal anti-segregation laws, there is even a special law
that addresses the issue, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, which prohibits separating homeless children from the regular school (National Coalition for the Homeless, n.d.). This Act mandates schools
remove barriers to enrolling homeless children, such as the requirement for a permanent address or school records (National Coalition for the Homeless, n.d.). The National Coalition for the Homeless also
reported two studies that concluded "mainstream schools are better able to meet the needs of homeless children" (n.d.). Some of the many success stories of including homeless children in mainstream
schools include: * The Amphitheater Public School District "Youth on Their Own Project" in Tucson, Arizona, reported that 60 percent of homeless children in their regular classrooms increased their GPA
scores and the drop-out rate was less than 10 percent (National Coalition for the Homeless, n.d.). * The Houston Independent School District reported that more than half of their homeless
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