The voices of youth formerly in foster care: Perspectives on educational attainment gaps |
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| Institution: | 1. Lehigh University, College of Education, 111 Research Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States;2. Children''s Hospital of Philadelphia, 4401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States;3. Utah State University, Family, Consumer, and Human Development, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, United States;1. University of Macau, China;2. University of Virginia, United States;3. South China Normal University, China;1. Agnes Flaherty Stoops Professor in Child Welfare, Florida State University College of Social Work, 296 Champion''s Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306-2570, USA;2. Florida Atlantic University School of Social Work, 777 Glades Road, SO 320, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA |
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| Abstract: | As a population, youth who experience foster care graduate from high school at rates well below their non-foster care peers (National Working Group for Foster Care & Education, 2014). A Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) study was conducted to better understand the perspective of former foster youth on the graduation gap and their experience in school. Analysis of focus group data revealed one overarching domain, emotional consequences, as well as seven additional domains that related to youths' experiences surrounding their educational attainment: resilience, basic needs, internalized messages about education, educational stability, consequences of school mobility, fastest or easiest positive exit from K-12, and recommendations from youth. This research highlights the challenges faced by 16 former foster youth, their perspectives regarding the need to raise expectations, and their suggestions for closing the educational attainment gap. |
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