Brokering educational opportunity for homeless students and their families

This qualitative study in a Midwestern US city examines how school and community-based organizations support homeless students’ connections to education-related resources and relationships. Drawing from organizational brokerage theory, which delineates how individuals’ chances to thrive are shaped by the organizations in which they participate, the study finds that brokerage practice unfolds and is affected by variables at three specific levels. First, social workers, teachers, and principals at the individual school level arranged for registration, enrollment, and other immediate connections for students. Second, school district-level actors played key roles in orchestrating homeless students’ transportation and educators’ professional development across the city. Third, a range of neighborhood factors – including immigration and housing trends – affected the ways and extents to which organizations identified and supported homeless students. The study concludes by presenting several implications for research and practice.     

精神的落荒－－析李商隐忧郁的诗态建构

李商隐的忧郁即其被抛在才志高超而肉身却委于现实泥淖的人生晕訾眩。由生态的姜苦到诗意的心灵孤寂，进而至深、至真、至切地体悟了宇宙人生的悲剧内蕴是李商隐忧郁的内在逻辑过程。由此可以看出，李商隐的忧郁弱化、淡化着诗人的理想与激情，因而具有一种精神落荒的特征。这种特征涵养着李商隐诗作的真味。