"On top of whatever problems made them wards of the state, kids placed in foster care are twice as likely to drop out of school or be held back a grade as their peers.
"Seventy-five percent underperform scholastically.
"But Pima County Juvenile Court is ready to implement a program designed to improve the educational outcomes of children in the foster care system in Southern Arizona....
"Working through Child Protective Services, potential participants in the program will be identified as they enter foster care. A support team to assist and monitor a child would be put in place, including an "educational champion."
"The court-appointed educational champion could be a caseworker, counselor, foster parent or biological parent. Ideally, the champion would be a person the child already knows well...."
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