Foster Care Youth
Budget & Finance
Districts Accountable for Foster Youth in New Calif. Funding Scheme
California schools and districts will have to track academic achievement of students in foster care as a separate accountability subgroup.
Federal
News in Brief
Social Workers Can Access Foster Children's Records
A bill passed by Congress will allow child-welfare agencies to have direct access to the school records of children under their care.
School & District Management
Report Roundup
Foster Children
A Nebraska advocacy group argues that transition programs for students aging out of foster care should ensure coordination among housing, financial aid, and academic support.
Education
Nebraska Group Examines Students Leaving Foster Care
In most states, a student can "age out" of foster care at age 16, 17, or 18, regardless of whether or not he or she has graduated high school or is ready to transition into adult living. For those lucky enough to have a stable foster family, that might not be a problem; but for many, the loss of foster-care services can mean losing their home and facing a last-minute hurdle to completing a diploma and going on to college.
Federal
News in Brief
Bill Would Ease Access to Foster Youths' Files
Federal lawmakers from the House foster-youth caucus are proposing a bill that would give social workers better access to school records.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Deportations Throw Children into Foster Care
There is an ugly reality that many of us are spared from, but which is omnipresent in the lives of many of our students.
Student Achievement
Report Calls for Research-Based Foster Care Transitions
A new report argues for more foster-care services based on current research on adolescent development.
College & Workforce Readiness
Program Builds School Supports for Foster Pupils
A Los Angeles-area program aimed at putting foster-care students on track to graduate high school is poised to become a national model.
Education
Report Roundup
Foster Children
Young people who have "aged out" of foster care are three times more likely than their peers in the general population to not have a high school diploma or its equivalency, according to a study.
Federal
Schooling Issue a Complication for Foster Care
Policymakers are sharpening their focus on the educational needs of children in foster care, a population which has doubled in the past two decades.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Mr. Successful: "This American Life" Does Foster Care
"Anyone who's ever been to a wedding knows not everybody can stand up in front of a roomful of people and just talk. Anthony Pico (left) discovered by accident, at 15, that he has a gift for doing that. He's 18 now, and he's become so well known as a public speaker on the subject of foster care, which he knows well, he was appointed to a blue ribbon commission aiming to reform the largest foster care system in the country. But it's gotten complicated...," begins this segment from a recent episode of This American Life (
Equity & Diversity
Report Roundup
Foster Children
A decreasing number of children in foster care are predicted to be eligible for federal aid, a study concludes.
Education
A State Capitals Roundup
NGA Partners With States On Foster-Care Effort
Six states will work with the National Governors Association to improve services for youths who leave foster care.
Special Education
Ariz. Adds Foster-Care Voucher to School Choice Package
Arizona lawmakers ended their 2006 session by creating a first-of-its kind voucher program for children in foster care and offering new vouchers to children with special needs–two measures signed by Gov. Janet Napolitano.
