Student mobility and transfers from school to school has an impact on chronic absenteeism

“While some foster students choose to miss school for a variety of social or emotional reasons, foster care advocates pinpoint their constant mobility as the significant cause behind absences. “With each move, six months of instructional time is lost,” said Margaret Olmos, director of FosterEd California, a project of the National Center for Youth Law, which researches and campaigns for policies that help children and teens in foster care. “We don’t know how often they move, but we do know the effect of moving,” Read full article