Report: Districts ‘not yet making the grade’ regarding foster youth
School district accountability plans offered “slim evidence of districts’ attention to foster youth” as required under California’s new school funding law, according to a report released Monday by SRI International and J Koppich & Associates. The first round of local control and accountability plans – which describe the goals and actions districts plan to implement […]
New legislation aims to help foster kids
Some of California’s most vulnerable children are missing out on funds to help with their education, children in foster care. Around a third of foster kids don’t receive assistance from California’s Foster Youth Services program because they live with relatives. But a new bill hopes to level the education playing field for all foster youth across […]
Group wants statewide foster child education plan
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 program now used just in Pima County. The director of FosterEd Arizona made the pitch Wednesday to a group of lawmakers at the state Capitol. Former state Rep. Pete Hershberger […]
FosterEd Launched in Pima County
Several Pima County education, child welfare, behavioral health and judicial agencies joined with the National Center for Youth Law yesterday to launch an educational pilot project called FosterEd, which is part of the national FosterEd Initiative to improve the educational outcomes of thousands of school-age foster children living in Pima County. Backers hope it will […]
California budget includes new emphasis on foster youth in schools
“California has just become the first state to really acknowledge that foster children require special attention when it comes to education, and to hold districts and schools accountable for their performance,” said Jesse Hahnel, director of FosterEd, a national initiative focused on helping foster youth throughout the country succeed in school by pushing for stronger […]
An opportunity to ensure foster kids succeed in school
The budget and local control funding formula (LCFF) legislation recently signed by Governor Brown make many important changes to how California school districts are financed and held accountable. Among the most important changes are provisions making California the first state to hold itself accountable for the educational outcomes of students in foster care. Click here […]
Court’s program aims to help foster kids succeed in school
On top of whatever problems made them wards of the state, kids placed in foster care are twice as likely to drop out of school or be held back a grade as their peers. Seventy-five percent underperform scholastically. But Pima County Juvenile Court is ready to implement a program designed to improve the educational outcomes […]
