The end of the year brings with it a slew of “top 10/best of/worst of” lists. This week’s issue of Time magazine(with Ben Bernanke on the cover as Person of the Year) provides a number of lists, from books to gadgets, business deals to scandals. On the page of Top 10 Essential Stories, there is [...]
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Segregation just isn’t news any more
Posted in Education, Race/ethnicity, Youth, tagged Education, Gary Orfield, Segregation, UCLA Civil Rights Project on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Vulnerability and hope for foster children
Posted in General, Youth, tagged child welfare, foster care, foster youth, Youth on July 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kids in the child welfare system are among the most vulnerable people in our society. The educational and socio-economic outcomes for foster youth are staggeringly abysmal. According to the Child Welfare League of America:
There are more than 500,000 in foster care in the U.S., at an average age of 10 years and an average stay [...]
