I was recently reminded how sever the student homelessness is in my county. I went to a job fair where the school district representatives were presenting statistics on the homeless student population. I found it interesting that the representatives spent a great deal of time on painting a picture of what obstacles the teacher candidates should expect and what issues their students face on a daily bases. I forgot that not all schools have to think about the issues surrounding extreme poverty. I forgot that teachers in other places can assign homework to students and reasonable expect that the students are physically able to do their homework. Where it is reasonable to expect that students have a home; a home with electricity, heat and a parent home to help them. The school district representatives said on a number of occasions that more then anything they were looking for candidates who would be up for the challenge and compassionate with the students.
I read a great article through a link on the Scholastic blog website called One Million Students Homeless by Caralee Adams at http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3756883.
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