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 in a dramatic achievement gap between these youth and their peers. The Every Student Succeeds Act(ESSA), signed into law in December, provides an opportunity — and a responsibility — for states to begin narrowing this gap.
Removed from their families due to abuse or neglect, many foster youth are forced to move from home to home, and school to school. Along the way, records are lost, caregivers struggle to transport students to and from class, and school days — many times, even months — are missed.
[For more of this story, written by Rachel Velcoff Hults and Kate Burdick, go to http://youthtoday.org/2016/02/...ns-for-foster-youth/]
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