What impact do changing family patterns and economic issues have on children and schools?
• Nearly one in six U.S. children lives in poverty, a condition that frequently short-circuits their educational promise. • The traditional family unit of the past has undergone a radical transformation. Divorce, remarriage, wage earning, parenting, and alternative relationships have restructured the family and the home-school connection. • Latchkey children are those who are left home alone for a significant portion of the day. Latchkey children are found throughout society; the more educated the parent, the more likely there is a latchkey child at home. After-school programs attempt to provide a meaningful (and safe) alternative to being home alone. • Passage of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, amended in 1990, was intended to lessen the impact of homelessness on Americans. This law protects the rights of children who have no permanent address to attend school and receive all necessary services and opportunities.
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