Archive for July, 2011

trends continue

From Chicago to California, student homelessness — and its increasing array of dilemmas — is growing…. http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/rising-homeless-student-population-struggles-school-11588 http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/advocates-claim-back-to-school-push-missing-key-piece/

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weather problems

The hot summer months are among the toughest for homeless families and youth. Many residential facilities and services are full and folks have few options for gaining comfort and safety. Our public spaces that provide daytime respite for many adults — libraries, community centers, etc.– are altogether insufficient for moms with young kids and others […]

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check this guy out…

My friend and colleague Martin Scanlan is doing great work in social justice-oriented educational leadership at Marquette: http://www.marquette.edu/education/faculty_staff/martin_scanlan.shtml

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Neighborhood and Community Effects

Contributing to the “community effects” research, scholars such as Anyon, Berliner, and Noguera have described how school-centric foci on urban improvement – when contextualized within status quo-maintaining social policies and structures – are too narrowly framed to enact meaningful change in many students’ and families’ lives. They suggest that the development of truly equitable opportunities […]

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