School culture is the collective way of life characteristic of a school; a set of beliefs, values, traditions, and ways of thinking and behaving that distinguish it from other schools.

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is the nation's first law to provide assistance to homeless persons, including free public education for children.

Peer-mentoring programs are an arrangement whereby students, monitored by a school counselor or teacher, mentor one another in areas such as low achievement, interpersonal problems, substance abuse and career planning

Latchkey children are children who , because of family circumstances, must spend part of each day unsupervised by a parent or guardian.

Students at risk are students whose living conditions and backgrounds place them at risk for dropping out of school

Cyberbullying is using information and/or communication technologies to harass or threaten an individual group.

Compensatory educational programs are federally funded educational programs designed to meet the needs of low-ability students from low-income families.

Community schools are schools that provide students and their families with medical, social and human services, in addition to their regular educational programs.

Classroom culture is the way of life characteristics of a classroom group; determined by social dimensions of the group and the physical characteristics of the setting.