A critical analysis of the research on student homelessness

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-337

  Miller, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; homelessness; policy; poverty; school community relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051916403     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654311415120     Document Type: Review

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