Identification of doubled up, homeless students in district level McKinney-Vento act policy

Thiele, Katherine

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Description

Title

Identification of doubled up, homeless students in district level McKinney-Vento act policy

Author(s)

Thiele, Katherine

Issue Date

2022-12-02

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Pak, Yoon Kyung

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Pak, Yoon Kyung

Committee Member(s)

• Hood, Denice
• Huang, Wen Hao David
• Kang, Hyun-Sook

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ed.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• Doubled Up
• Homeless Students
• Mckinney-vento Act
• Critical Policy Analysis
• Homeless Student Identification

Language

eng

Abstract

This dissertation is a critical policy analysis for district level McKinney-Vento Act policy. The district is a large urban district, serving mostly low-income, minority students. Through critical policy analysis methodology, I facilitated qualitative interviews with seven participants to analyze current methods being implemented to identify the largest subpopulation of homeless students, doubled up students. Using a trauma informed framework to analyze the data, themes arose demonstrating lack of capacity in many district roles to meet compliance of the district policy and to meet homeless students’ needs. Lack of capacity influenced trust in staff-student relationships and hindered collaborative efforts between staff and students. The interviews also revealed limited evidence of homeless students’ and families’ voices included or prioritized in planning, implementation, or evaluation efforts of this district policy. Overall, there was no targeted outreach to identify doubled up students. Recommendations for improving the policy included prioritizing doubled up students and families voices and needs in planning, implementation, and evaluation efforts, clarifying the construct of doubled up living for district staff in professional development and in policy, increasing advocate positions in more schools, and adding targeted identification strategies for doubled up youth.

Graduation Semester

2022-12

Type of Resource

Thesis

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117683

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Copyright 2022 Katherine Thiele

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