{"id":31206,"date":"2016-03-23T19:58:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T19:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caseyfamilyv2.wpengine.com\/educational-success\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:58:38","slug":"educational-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/es\/educational-success\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS explores programs that support foster youths\u2019 educational success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-9691 img-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casey.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1727_CC-Casey-News-and-Updates_David-Sanders_Sidebar.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. David Sanders, Casey's Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement\" class=\"wp-image-9691\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p class=\"has-small-font-size text-center\"><em>Dr. David Sanders discusses challenges facing foster youth in the PBS NewsHour series \u201cMaking the Grade.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"content-section light fresh-text single wp-block-fresh-text backgrounds-and-margins-aware-block margin-bottom\">\n <div class=\"container mx-auto px-5\">\n\n \n \n <!-- The CTA is moved up next to the title when in the Head Section style -->\n \n  <div class=\"callout\"><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->One of the most important supports that helps students succeed in school is a deeply involved and caring adult. The more than 400,000 youth in foster care don\u2019t always have that.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->National statistics show that just 50 percent of foster youth finish high school by age 18, and only 20 percent of those go on to college. An even smaller percentage receive their bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->Dr. David Sanders, Casey Family Programs executive vice president of Systems Improvement, recently spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/can-an-innovative-pittsburgh-program-help-repair-the-broken-lives-of-foster-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBS NewsHour<\/a> about the challenges facing youth in foster care.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\u201cIf you walked in as a social worker to a child\u2019s home, it might be the very last time that that child ever sees their bedroom,\u201d he said. \u201cI think oftentimes we forget, to get into foster care, they were abused and neglected probably to a level that is quite significant to actually be removed from their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>PBS NewsHour spent time looking at innovative programs, including educational liaisons and former foster youth mentors, that are helping to improve outcomes for young people in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Replicating that success isn\u2019t easy, Dr. Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe turnover among child welfare leaders makes it very difficult to sustain progress. So even if somebody puts something in place, what often happens is that it\u2019s dismantled as soon as somebody new comes in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In addition to examining foster youth and education, PBS took an in-depth look at how Allegheny County and others are tackling the complex issue of child welfare and safety with data. See their special report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/can-big-data-save-these-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can big data save these children?<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n \n <!-- conversly to above, we need to not show the CTA here if it's the Head Section style -->\n  <div class=\"cta-wrap\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/can-an-innovative-pittsburgh-program-help-repair-the-broken-lives-of-foster-kids\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cta\">Watch PBS NewsHour video<\/a>\n <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important supports that helps students succeed in school is a deeply involved and caring adult.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":33394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[281,280,266],"content_type":[467],"hidden-tags-misc":[],"audience":[317,319,327,498],"content_location":[329,374],"topic":[412,413,418,422,435,447,450,457],"class_list":["post-31206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-well-being","category-innovative-programs","category-safely-reduce-need-for-foster-care-across-nation","content_type-news","audience-child-welfare-leader","audience-foster-care-alumni","audience-policymaker","audience-social-worker-direct-practitioner","content_location-national","content_location-pennsylvania","topic-child-welfare-leadership","topic-collaboration-and-partnership","topic-direct-practice","topic-education","topic-improved-outcomes","topic-lived-experience","topic-older-youth","topic-public-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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