An increasing number of school-age children lack fixed, permanent housing, which negatively affects their school engagement, jeopardizing long-term school success. Much of the previous research on this problem has focused on specific interventions in specific jurisdictions on targeted populations, but seldom have researchers attempted to study homeless and highly mobile students at a population level. This descriptive study combined statewide and local district education and child welfare data to examine and describe the attributes of children, who are identified as homeless in relation to their mobile and NonMobile peers. These data provided a population-level, multi-system picture of homeless students that offers one novel example of data use to agencies that serve students to potentially improve student identification. Also offered is a suggested direction for an evaluation of McKinney-Vento policy.

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• This review reveals multiple allegations of abuses of the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the context of ReducingEmissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) readiness and implementation.• Findings from the review should be transformed into opportunities for REDD+ to promote and strengthen the rights of Indigenous Peoples.• A rights-based approach to REDD+ requires engagement with indigenous men and women as rights-holders, rather than as project beneficiaries.• Parties should be pressed to investigate abuse allegations, enable access to justice, and develop grievance mechanisms within REDD+ processes.• REDD+ risks exacerbating issues of unsecured rights and pre-existing conflicts over land in the contexts in which it is being readied and implemented, unless it is re-oriented to enhance the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Evidence suggests Indigenous Peoples' undefined tenure rights will negatively impact REDD+ targets.• Ensuring the consistent participation of indigenous men and women throughout REDD+ processes is imperative, following clear guidelines for Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), and with capacity-building efforts for their effective participation.• Rather than being seen as a tool to discourage negative impacts, REDD+ safeguards must be reframed to recognise, inter alia, the key role of Indigenous Peoples in climate change initiatives and protecting forests.

Following global trends, Multi-Stakeholder Forums (MSFs) have received attention as mechanisms for addressing deforestation and forest degradation in Ethiopia. However, little is understood on their influence on governance of forests. Based on qualitative research conducted in MSFs organized at Bale and Jamma-Urji in Oromia, Ethiopia, this paper examines how MSFs may influence the governance of communal forests. Results indicate that the majority of informants believe that MSFs improve participation, facilitate collaboration across sectors, and have potential to address power imbalances among stakeholders. Yet, failing to substantially engage the government in MSFs could either lower the success of the MSFs in bringing change in the governance of communal forests or limit the changes to the local community level. Embedding MSFs in government structures could increase the enforcement of MSF outcomes and enable resource mobilization. However, caution is required to prevent the government's control over MSF processes and outcomes.

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