Homeless and highly mobile students: A population-level description of the status of homeless students from three school districts

Journal of Children and Poverty

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-205

  Larson, Anita M ^a   Meehan, Danielle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

attendance; child welfare; homeless; mobile; students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859047045     PISSN: 10796126     EISSN: 14699389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10796126.2011.529114     Document Type: Article

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