This study, designed jointly by the National Center for Homeless Education and The College of William and Mary, explores the critical role of the classroom teacher in contributing to the education of at-risk and highly mobile students. The study includes a review of the literature on the effective teaching of at-risk and highly mobile students and an exploration of the beliefs and practices of six teachers who won national and/or state awards for working with these populations.

This abstract bibliography lists and describes a selection of publications released in 2007 that deal with issues related to the lives and education of children and youth experiencing homelessness.
NCHE Annotated Bibliography of Homeless Education Resources: 2006
NCHE Annotated Bibliography of Homeless Education Resources: 2005
NCHE Annotated Bibliography of Homeless Education Resources: 2002-2004

This literature review was developed as part of an unpublished study conducted in 2004 by Dr. Beth Garriss Hardy and Dr. Cheryl Vrooman. The review examines the current body of research on mobility and how it may apply to the school performance of children and youth experiencing homelessness and makes recommendations for further research.

This review is based on literature published between 1995 and 2005 on issues concerning unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness. It provides an overview of the challenges these young people face and includes research about why they leave their homes, how they live after leaving, and what interventions are being used to assist them.

This bibliography from Project HOPE, the Virginia Education for Homeless Children and Youths program, provides a listing of homeless education resources separated by type of resource. Resources include articles and reports, books and chapters from child and young adult books, audiovisual materials, curricula and resource kits and legal sources.

The National Center for School Engagement (NCSE) is coordinating the Web-Based Professional Development project to study the effects of homelessness and high mobility on local school communities. The project blends team-based participatory action research with web-based instruction. The results of over 20 research projects are available online and address topics related to school attendance, student attachment and academic achievement.

This Summer 2008 article from the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota examines protective factors and intervention methods that may promote school success among homeless and highly mobile students.

On March 1–2, 2007, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sponsored the second National Symposium on Homelessness Research. This publication is a compendium of the 12 papers prepared for and presented at the Symposium. Among the papers' topics are homeless families and children, homeless youth, and rural homelessness.

In 2007, the California Research Bureau conducted a survey in which homeless and formerly homeless youth completed 208 interviews with their currently and formerly homeless peers across the state in order to find out about their experiences, the services they need, and the changes they would like to see happen in policy or law. This report presents the survey responses and findings.