Chapter eight explored various societal issues children face, and the impact it has on their success in school. The societal issues introduced are: homelessness, bullying, immigrant children, undocumented children, and refugee children, children of incarcerated parents, children involved with the Department of Human Services, poverty, violence and weapons in school, children of gay or lesbian families and children of veterans. As stated above, the refugee children are a societal issue, and these children are fleeing dangerous situations, and have experienced war and oppression (Jarolmen, 2014). Within the school setting, these children can experience discrimination, which can damage their “self-image, motivation, and academic progress (Jarolmen,
