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Author Quint, Sharon, 1951-

Title Schooling homeless children : a working model for America's public schools / Sharon Quint ; foreword by James P. Comer & Norris M. Haynes.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, [1994]
©1994

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.96 Q7S    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 160 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Foreword / James P. Comer and Norris M. Haynes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Schooling Children of Poverty -- 3. The Principal with a Vision -- 4. Social Reconstructionist Theory in Practice -- 5. The Power of Teacher Commitment -- 6. Affiliations with Community, University, and Corporations -- 7. A Coalescence of "Significant Adults" -- 8. Breaking the Bureaucratic Mold: A "Family School" in Action -- 9. "I Am Not a Case Number! I Am a Mother with Children!" -- 10. Enlisting Parents as Partners in Education -- 11. Life at Benjamin Franklin Day -- 12. Emergent Themes -- 13. Recommendations for the Future -- Appendix A: A Note to the Reader about Methodology -- Appendix B: Research Questions and Interview Protocols.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-153) and index.
Subject Benjamin Franklin Day Elementary School (Seattle, Wash.)
Homeless children -- Education (Elementary) -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Case studies.
ISBN 080773392X alkaline paper
0807733911 paperback alkaline paper
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