education Archive
Recently my eyes were accosted by an article asking, “What is Happening at the Columbia School of Social Work?” by Pamela Paul. Notice the lack of a BSW, MSW, LMSW, LCSW, or other degree that would offer expertise in social …
Makayla DuBois and Patrick Harlan, FCNI Rehabilitation SpecialistsVoice of an FCNI StaffWe all know that the Back-to-School anxiety is a real thing, so some of our Rehabilitation Specialist staff who work one-on-one with our youth and families, as well as …
An influential child welfare foundation has a new diagnosis for what ails New York City’s foster care system. It explains one of the most vexing issues facing youth who have been removed from their parents’ By Michael Fitzgerald This post …
Steve Sturm believes every child should have the same opportunities that his 3-year-old daughter Reagan enjoys. Things like new boots, trips to the trampoline park — and preschool. But for children known to the foster By Sara Tiano This post …
Tanya Winje, FCNI StaffVoice of an FCNI Staff“Education exposes young people to a broader world, a world full of opportunity and hope.” -Christine Gregorie It is a hard life lesson to learn that you need to stop and spend time …
As California continues to work to address educational disparities for foster students, an increasing number of counties in the state are buying into a homegrown data-sharing system designed to improve academic outcomes for the state’s By Sara Tiano This post …
John Jimno During the 2014/2015 school year, things were looking grim at Park Middle School in Antioch, CA. At the time, staff couldn’t corral student disruptions. Teacher morale was plummeting. By the end of February 2015, 192 kids of the …
Micaela Baca never expected she would play a role in passing a state law. She aged out of foster care in New Mexico at age 18, and wanted to get... By Guest Writer This post New Mexico Celebrates First-Ever Tax …
The show "48 Hours" on CBS will highlight a kidnap-rape case worked on by one of our Editorial Advisers, Detective Don Howell. The episode is entitled "I Lived To Tell." Detective Howell was awarded the ...
Image via Fordham News Fordham University’s Celia Fisher, PhD was the Principal Investigator on a recently completed quantitative study that resulted in a paper published in the journal AIDS and Behavior titled “Patient-Provider Communication Barriers and Facilitators to HIV and STI Preventive Services …