➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Beating the Odds: Boosting School Success Rates for Students in Foster Care
Youth Today – May 17, 2016
For youth in foster care, ensuring that basic needs like shelter, food and safety are met takes priority, often leaving education as an afterthought. Many foster youth have experienced trauma, which has an adverse affect on a child’s ability to learn, and children often change schools when they move into a new home. In New York City, the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) estimates this happens between 15 and 20 percent of the time, causing students to fall behind in school.
http://youthtoday.org/2016/05/beating-the-odds-boosting-school-success-rates-for-students-in-foster-care/