Foster students face unique challenges in and out of the classroom and they deserve more of our attention. Leading education scholars Tyrone Howard, Joseph Bishop, and Angela James discuss the intersections of foster care with poverty, systemic racism, homelessness, punitive discipline, and the carceral system. Who is responsible for the well-being of foster youth? How can schools more equitably support students, no matter their circumstances?

Host: Geneva Sum, Communications Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Roundtable:

• Tyrone C. Howard, Pritzker Family Professor of Education to Strengthen Children & Families, UCLA School of Education & Information Studies; Faculty Co-Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
• Joseph P. Bishop, Executive Director, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools
• Angela James, Senior Research Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools

Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host, Creative Director and this episode’s interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.

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Show Notes:

• Our Children Can’t Wait by Joseph Bishop
• Lost Instruction Time in California Schools: The Disparate Harm from Post-Pandemic Punitive Suspensions. The UCLA Civil Rights Project.
• Child Welfare, Public Health and Domestic Violence. The UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families.
• The California Community Schools Partnership Program
• UCLA CTS foster youth studies
• CA SB 307 – Fostering Futures: Increasing access and improving college affordability for foster youth

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Among Us from UCLA’s Center for the Transformation of Schools uplifts the experiences of students furthest from opportunity, and explores how systems and structures both in and out-of-school are either creating barriers or opportunities for young people.

This season, we are going on a journey together through the foster care system. UCLA researchers unpack the foster system through conversations with young people, practitioners, scholars, advocates and philanthropy to better understand how youth and families are facing barriers to thrive–and what we all can do about it.

Join us every Wednesday starting August 7th.

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