A Pima County pilot project that improves foster children’s  educational outcomes seeks to expand statewide after a recent study found that Arizona’s foster children face

A recent WestEd report showed that Arizona youth in foster care had educational outcomes far worse than low income children and other at-risk subgroups. “Prior

Parents are supposed to get the kids to school, follow up on homework and alert the teachers to particular student needs. This is critical to

“This is a report that looks at a lot of data,” said Michelle Traiman, director of FosterEd, a national non-profit serving foster youth. The group

Proponents of a program that links foster children with education advocates to improve their success in school want the Arizona Legislature to expand a pilot