1. Foster Care and School Mobility.
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Conger, Dylan and Finkelstein, Marni J.
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INSTITUTIONAL care of children , *STUDENT mobility , *EDUCATION of African American children - Abstract
Foster children face numerous obstacles to academic achievement compared to their non-foster peers. In addition to having low educational attainment, they may also suffer from high rates of school mobility and experience long delays when transferring schools. Sources of these transfers and delays include numerous residential movements and a lack of coordination between child welfare and school professionals. Potential solutions currently being explored include reduced residential mobility, better communication between child welfare and school professionals on the frontline, and integrated child welfare and educational databases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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