by Beth Holmes | Jul 26, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Homeless students have rights with regards to their schooling, and everyone should know them. These rights are federally protected. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (MVHAA) was the first substantial federal legislation to address homelessness, and it was...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 6, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Corporal punishment in schools is still around, and Kentucky schools are dithering about whether they want it to go away. The current state statute on violence by teachers against students is KRS 503.110. It says that teachers and caregivers are allowed to use...
by Supporting Education | May 23, 2019 | News, Student Issues
Tupac Mosley is 17, dedicated, and believes fiercely in his own future. He’s right to; the graduating senior has been accepted to more than 40 colleges and universities and won scholarships totaling around $3 million. He’s valedictorian of his class at Raleigh Egypt...
by Sarah Green | Oct 31, 2018 | News, Student Issues
The opening line from this article in The New York Times is a chilling one: “Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives,” wrote staff writer Eliza Shapiro. 114,659 students are either...
by Sarah Green | Dec 9, 2013 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Homeless—Adjective: without a permanent home. The Homeless—Noun: refers collectively to all people without a permanent home. Homelessness—Noun: the state of being without a permanent home. In every state across our nation, and in every country around the world,...
