The number of street children in developed and developing nations is rising, often in the midst of prosperity. These original contributions study and compare the living conditions and educational experiences of homeless children in the United States, Brazil and Cuba. Because social policy and economic factors are central to these children's plight, Mickelson and her contributors employ a political economy perspective to examine the lives of the children and the educational and social programs-successful and unsuccessful-that are designed to serve them. The book examines formal and informal programs, compares and contrasts children's situations in each country, and offers policy recommendations. Throughout the book, case studies are combined with recent statistical and demographic facts about each country. Contributors: Fernanda Goncalves Almeida, Jean Anyon, Lynn G. Beck, Inaia Maria Moreira de Carvalho, Anthony Dewees, Marian Wright Edelman, Ligia Gomes Elliot, Irving Epstein, Maria Luisa Gonzalez, Linda Holman, Ana Huerta-Macias, Martha Knisely Huggins, Steven J. Klees, Lori Korinek, Sheryl L. Lutjens, Myriam P. Mesquita, Virginia Laycock McLaughlin, Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Nelly de Mendoca Moulin, Rebecca L. Newman, Ralph da Costa Nunez, Vilma Periera, Marc Posner, Amelia Maria Noronha Pessoa de Queiroz, Yvonne Rafferty, Irene Rizzini, Fulvia Rosemberg, Murilo Tadeu Moreira Silva, James H. Stronge, Chriss Walther-Thomas
Author(s): R. Mickelson
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 9
Foreword......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Globalization, Childhood Poverty, and Education in the Americas......Page 16
Families, Schools, and the Socialization of Brazilian Children: Contemporary Dilemmas That Create Street Children......Page 46
Schooling and ~Clean Streets~ in Socialist Cuba: Children and the Special Period......Page 60
The Education of Homeless Children and Youth in the United States: A Progress Report......Page 71
A New Paradigm for Social Change: Social Movements and the Transformation of Policy for Street and Working Children in Brazil......Page 82
Dependency Served: Rhetorical Assumptions Governing the Education of Homeless Children and Youth in the United States......Page 104
Educating Homeless Children in the United States: An Overview of Legal Entitlements and Federal Protections......Page 113
From Discourse to Reality: A Profile of the Lives and an Estimate of the Number of Street Children and Adolescents in Brazil......Page 123
Standards, Curriculum Reform, and the Educational Experiences of One Homeless Youngster: Some Reflections......Page 141
Restructuring Childhood in Cuba: The State as Family......Page 152
From Church Basement to Mainstream Classroom: The Evolution of A Child's Place in Charlotte, North Carolina......Page 165
Projeto Axe: Educating Excluded Children in Salvador......Page 177
Projeto Semear: Equalizing Opportunities for Adolescents at Risk in Rio de Janeiro......Page 198
The ~Magnet School~ for the Homeless: A Worst-Case Scenario......Page 210
Programa Curumim: A Program for At-Risk Children in the Industrial Heartland......Page 219
Improving Education for Homeless Students with Disabilities in the United States......Page 230
Children of Undocumented Immigrants: An Invisible Minority among Homeless Students......Page 243
Hungry Hearts: Runaway and Homeless Youth in the United States......Page 252
Civic Invisibility, Marginality, and Moral Exclusion: The Murders of Street Youth in Brazil......Page 262
Children on the Streets of the Americas: Implications for Social Policy and Educational Practice......Page 274
Afterword......Page 288
Contributors......Page 289
Glossary......Page 293
Index......Page 296
