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Contextualizing Student Homelessness

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ID9732308
AuthorsAlexandra E Pavlakis (0000-0001-7165-9732, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume47
Issue2
Pages134-141
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x17742645
OpenAlexW2768838271
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited28

Students and families experience homelessness and high mobility (HHM) in vastly different ways. Yet, popular media, academic scholars, and practitioners often overlook this diversity. Building on a 2012 special issue of Educational Researcher, I discuss recent research that highlights the heterogeneity of HHM student and families. In particular, I focus on the ways in which residential space (e.g., shelter, doubling up with friends, or living in relatively independent accommodations) and geographic place (e.g., urban, suburban, or rural areas) shape educational opportunities and experiences. In doing so, I attend to various policies that help shape where and how families live and where and how they experience schooling. Future research questions and implications are discussed

Diversity (politics · Focus (optics · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Homelessness and Social Issues · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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    Open Access•Ann Matthews, Erin Hamel•Children and Youth Services Review•2024

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    Open Access•Henry Joel Crumé, Paula S Nurius et al.•Children and Youth Services Review•2019

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    Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Jennifer L Jennings•Peabody Journal of Education•2022

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    Open Access•Soledad De Gregorio, Tasminda K Dhaliwal et al.•Educational Researcher•2022

  • Foregrounding the “Home” in Student Homelessness

    Open Access•Meredith P Richards, Alexandra E Pavlakis•Educational Researcher•2022

  • Same Storm, Different Boat

    Open Access•Alexandra E Pavlakis, J Kessa Roberts et al.•The Urban Review•2026

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    Open Access•Andrew Sullivan•Urban Affairs Review•2023

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    Open Access•Daryn H David, Lillian Gelberg et al.•Infant Mental Health Journal•2012

  • Brokering educational opportunity for homeless students and their families

    Peter M Miller, Alexandra Pavlakis et al.•International Journal of…•2015

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    Open Access•Alexandra K Murphy•Sociological Forum•2010

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    Open Access•Alexandra E Pavlakis•The Urban Review•2014

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    Open Access•Ann Aviles de Bradley•Urban Education•2015

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    Open Access•Ann S Masten, Janette E Herbers et al.•Educational Researcher•2012

  • Education Research on Homeless and Housed Children Living in Poverty

    Open Access•John C Buckner•Educational Researcher•2012

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    Open Access•John W Fantuzzo, Whitney A LeBoeuf et al.•Educational Researcher•2012

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    Open Access•Peter M Miller•Education and Urban Society•2015

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    Open Access•Ronald E Hallett•Education and Urban Society•2012

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    Open Access•John C Buckner•American Behavioral Scientist•2008

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year1,86
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13

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