Education

In 2021, Christopher Baker-Scott joined The Imprint Weekly Podcast to talk about Sun Scholars, a new nonprofit he started to help support Connecticut foster youth on college campuses. Unlike many school-based approaches around the country, Sun Scholars is a centrally located organization serving youth on a number of campuses around the state. 

Researchers have found that students involved with the child welfare system missed the most days when transitioning in and out of foster care.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week announced a $37.2 million investment in apprenticeship and workforce training opportunities for youth.  

Data shows some recipients have graduated from their post-secondary institutions at higher rates than their peers nationally.

The new online resource highlights local laws to fight discrimination in schools, as federal civil rights enforcement is dismantled.

Buffalo’s schools disproportionately discipline Black and brown students and students with disabilities, a state investigation has found.

Two pieces of bipartisan legislation were thrown into the hopper this month that would amend the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, which since 1999 has funneled millions to states to help older youth in foster care, especially those set to age out of the system. 

On this week’s podcast Maddy Day of Maddy Day and Associates joins to talk about what it takes to provide stability on college campuses for youth who have experienced aging out of foster care, homelessness or both.

As the federal government shutdown stretches into a second month, working poor parents suddenly have no child care for their toddlers.