Foster children get K-12 champions through Pima County Pilot Program
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 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 […]
“We really just need to grow this force of professionals that have the knowledge, the skills, the leadership to bring about the kinds of reforms […]
Children involved in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems face countless barriers to educational success. Our historic failure to address these challenges has resulted […]
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 […]
Many foster youth like Wagoner face similar educational hurdles. A 2013 study conducted by WestEd called The Invisible Achievement Gap found that foster youth change […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]