According to Holgersson-Shorter (2010), homeless youth are distracted by numerous things that can hinder their learning, such as hunger, shabby clothing, lack of school supplies, or anxiety about their family's security.
Bilal Muhammad, director of Newark Public Schools Homeless Unit in Newark, NJ (2010), stated, "Parents instruct [the homeless youth] not to tell anyone they're in a shelter or a doubled-up situation because of their fear the child will be transferred out of the school," on the topic of reluctance of the homeless youth to share their situation with administrators.
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