Journal article
Unheard and Unseen: How Housing Insecure African American Adolescents Experience the Education System
Education and urban society, v 48(6), pp 583-610
01 Jul 2016
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Abstract
This narrative study is based on stories told by African American adolescents experiencing homelessness. It offers insights into their lived experiences and describes the challenges faced in negotiating the urban education system. African American youth are disproportionately represented in the adolescent homeless demographic. Unheard and unseen in the dominant narrative, the needs of this population often go unmet. The educational and social service systems frequently place barriers, and blame, that impede the academic achievement of these youth. The dominant narrative is often viewed from the perspective of what is wrong with those' kids? This research shifts the perspective to what is occurring within the larger system?
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- Title
- Unheard and Unseen: How Housing Insecure African American Adolescents Experience the Education System
- Creators
- Addie Lucille Ellis - #N# 1Drexel University, Sacramento, CA, USAKathy D. Geller - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Education and urban society, v 48(6), pp 583-610
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 28
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000378556200003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84979043481
- Other Identifier
- 991019168059204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Education & Educational Research
- Urban Studies