Schooling Homeless Children: Working Models for America's Public Schools

Using the case study of a Seattle school, this text describes a working model for the education of homeless children in America's public schools.

SHARON QUINT, a learning disabilities specialist who maintains a private practice, holds an Ed.D. with a specialty in leadership (Columbia University, Teachers College), the certificate of administrative supervisor of education (Teachers College), and master's degrees in developmental psychology (Teachers College) and reading/learning disabilities (New York University). She has been a clinician in developmental psychology and reading/learning disabilities at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, New York, working with children with special needs; she has taught special education classes at P.S. 225 in Brooklyn; she has been the educational evaluator of the Mount Vernon, New York, elementary and secondary school systems; and she is an active volunteer with homeless people in New York City.