Bill Targets Improved Education For Foster Children

Friday, June 1, 2012 Bill Targets Improved Education For Foster Children MIAMI — Federal lawmakers proposed a bill Thursday that would give social workers better access to school records in an effort to improve education for foster children. A federal law requires social workers to get a court order to access a foster child's school records, and it was meant to protect the child's privacy. But advocates said the extra red tape has made it extremely difficult for social workers because foster youths change schools frequently as they move between different homes. Some end up taking the same classes over because credits are lost or don't transfer. Snigdha Nandipati Wins 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee Recent Grad Turns Her Struggle To Find Work Into Children's Book San Francisco Teacher Layoffs Partially Averted Salutatorian Granted Visa To Return To U.S. For Graduation Boy Hangs Himself After Bullies Tease Him About Dead Father BLOG POSTS Larry Strauss: The Big Snooze (High Stakes Testing and the Low Stakes Mentality) "Please do your best," I say. "Please don't make me look bad." That one is their favorite -- and why shouldn't it be? It empowers them as do few aspects of their education. Joe Calder: A Youth-Led Movement The implicit message they carry transcends education reform -- it suggests that student-led reform is entirely possible. The idea itself is enough to revolutionize American education policy for years to come. Allie Kimmel: Race to the Top Round Three: Can We Avoid the Implementation Troubles of the First Two Rounds? Districts and unions can agree that personalizing learning is integral to improving our education system. Therefore, districts should not try to circumvent union power, but instead should include unions in the planning and application processes. Mattias Wallander: School's Out! (But Recycling Is Forever) Schools are the ideal environments to teach life-long recycling habits to kids at a crucial moment of their development. These are habits that kids will bring home to their families, encourage their friends, and eventually stay with them for a lifetime. David Katz, M.D.: Unjunking Ourselves! We are, no doubt, all familiar with the expression "you are what you eat," but given how most of us eat, it's quite clear we don't take it very seriously.

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