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Weathering the Storm: The Educational Impacts of Hurricane Harvey. Research Brief

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Title: Weathering the Storm: The Educational Impacts of Hurricane Harvey. Research Brief
Language: English
Authors: Meredith P. Richards, Cheyenne Phillips, Alexandra E. Pavlakis, J. Kessa Roberts, Rice University, Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), Southern Methodist University (SMU), Simmons School of Education and Human Development
Source: Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Houston Education Research Consortium. 2024.
Availability: Kinder Institute for Urban Research. 6100 Main Street MS-208, Houston, TX 77005. Tel: 713-348-4132; e-mail: kinder@rice.edu; Web site: https://kinder.rice.edu/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, School Districts, Homeless People, Outcomes of Education, School Closing, Student Characteristics, Attendance, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Information Systems, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, School Community Relationship, Accountability, Crisis Management, Elementary Secondary Education
Geographic Terms: Texas (Houston), Texas
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR)
Abstract: In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Houston area, causing the homelessness of nearly 24,000 students in the Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD) alone. Additionally, nearly all Houston ISD schools sustained damage of some kind, resulting in school closures, campus relocations, and even the delaying of the start of classes for some students. In the first brief of this two-part series, the authors examine the characteristics of students who became homeless due to Harvey. They found that students who became temporarily homeless for a year or less due to Harvey tended to fare as well as or better on educational outcomes than even their never-homeless peers.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: ED660506
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Houston area, causing the homelessness of nearly 24,000 students in the Houston Independent School District (Houston ISD) alone. Additionally, nearly all Houston ISD schools sustained damage of some kind, resulting in school closures, campus relocations, and even the delaying of the start of classes for some students. In the first brief of this two-part series, the authors examine the characteristics of students who became homeless due to Harvey. They found that students who became temporarily homeless for a year or less due to Harvey tended to fare as well as or better on educational outcomes than even their never-homeless peers.