Kerri Tobin
Biographic Data
| ID | 6208501 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerri Tobin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerri |
| FAMILY NAME | Tobin |
| SIGNATURE | TOBIN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marywood University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7669-5553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Educating youth who don’t have a place to sleep
Because housing instability can make it difficult for students to attend school, students experiencing homelessness (SEH) may become chronically absent. For this reason, SEH have lower graduation rates than their housed counterpants. Germany’s second-chance schools give students an opportunity to catch up on their learning so they can take final exams and earn diplomas. Kerri Tobin and Matthias Fischer studied 12 second-chance schools and found t…
Homeless Students and Academic Achievement: Evidence From a Large Urban Area
Child homelessness has recently reached levels unprecedented in the United States since the Great Depression. Contemporary research has attempted to isolate the effects of homelessness on education, with mixed results. This study reports results from a study in one large urban area and finds that there is no meaningful difference in achievement between homeless and housed low–socioeconomic status (SES) elementary school students. Furthermore, we …
Control of Teacher Certification in the United States
Teacher certification trends in the United States since World War II paint a complicated picture of powerful interests at different levels making demands and trying to institute disparate reforms. These patterns have varied over time, often because of teacher supply and demand. The federal government initiated its involvement when education professionals' competence came under attack in the years following the launch of Sputnik. The tensions over…
Homeless Students and Academic Achievement: Evidence From a Large Urban Area
Child homelessness has recently reached levels unprecedented in the United States since the Great Depression. Contemporary research has attempted to isolate the effects of homelessness on education, with mixed results. This study reports results from a study in one large urban area and finds that there is no meaningful difference in achievement between homeless and housed low–socioeconomic status (SES) elementary school students. Furthermore, we …
Control of Teacher Certification in the United States
Teacher certification trends in the United States since World War II paint a complicated picture of powerful interests at different levels making demands and trying to institute disparate reforms. These patterns have varied over time, often because of teacher supply and demand. The federal government initiated its involvement when education professionals' competence came under attack in the years following the launch of Sputnik. The tensions over…
Control of Teacher Certification in the United States
Teacher certification trends in the United States since World War II paint a complicated picture of powerful interests at different levels making demands and trying to institute disparate reforms. These patterns have varied over time, often because of teacher supply and demand. The federal government initiated its involvement when education professionals' competence came under attack in the years following the launch of Sputnik. The tensions over…
Homeless Students and Academic Achievement: Evidence From a Large Urban Area
Child homelessness has recently reached levels unprecedented in the United States since the Great Depression. Contemporary research has attempted to isolate the effects of homelessness on education, with mixed results. This study reports results from a study in one large urban area and finds that there is no meaningful difference in achievement between homeless and housed low–socioeconomic status (SES) elementary school students. Furthermore, we …
Educating youth who don’t have a place to sleep
Because housing instability can make it difficult for students to attend school, students experiencing homelessness (SEH) may become chronically absent. For this reason, SEH have lower graduation rates than their housed counterpants. Germany’s second-chance schools give students an opportunity to catch up on their learning so they can take final exams and earn diplomas. Kerri Tobin and Matthias Fischer studied 12 second-chance schools and found t…
Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Academic achievement (1 works) · Adversarial system (1 works) · Alternative teacher certification (1 works) · Attendance (1 works) · Certification (1 works)