THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS IN SCHOOLS

11/8/2017

Ironically it is the tech boom that has made housing unaffordable for so many. "Many of the homeless work regular jobs, in some cases serving the very people whose sky-high net worth is the reason housing has become unaffordable for so many." AP

In one school in the heart of Silicon Valley, 44% of the students identify as homeless.

Here are the National Statistics about the impact of homelessness on students.

3x's more likely to be placed in special education programs
2x's more likely to miss school
4x's more likely to drop out of school
More likely to have emotional and behavioral problems.

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I have been a public school teacher for 20 years. I graduated from the University of Colorado, received my teaching credential and MA from San Francisco State University, received Fulbright-Hays Summer Fellowships to both China (1991) and India (1999) and achieved National Board Certification in 1996 in the area of Adolescence and Young Adulthood Art.

For twenty years I taught in public schools in Menlo Park and Mountain View California as well as at San Jose State University where I was the Director of the San Jose State University California Arts Project.

In 2014, I facilitated the writing of the Visual Arts Standards for AERO, a project supported by the U.S. State Department's Office of Overseas Schools. I am now the lead trainer for School Loop [www.schoolloop.com]

Dede Tisone

THE IMPACT OF HOMELESSNESS IN SCHOOLS

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