Foster Children Pros And Cons

January 8th 2002, then President George W. Bush proposed a bill that was shortly approved by Congress and later enacted as a law that we today refer as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Title 1 is the first and most debated article of this provision, and ''The purpose of this title is to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments" (107th Congress, 2002). In other words, the bill was established with the purpose of ensuring that no child is left behind by implementing services, with a combined effort from the school, parents, and student, which will assure
Dr. James S. Vacca believes, "The capacity to graduate from high school is often difficult and challenging for all children in the welfare system, especially foster children" (Vacca, 2007). There isn't a sole reason as to why foster children have a challenging time in school like Dr. Vacca so eloquently said; there are a multitude of factors that contribute to this prevalent challenge for foster children. Dr. Vacca believes that the following reasons foster children have a hard time in school because more often than not foster children go through many foster homes which make them instable. This instability does not allow the child to establish healthy relationships with his peers nor the faculty. Each school has a different educational plan, known as a curriculum. When a child goes through a multitude of homes, the child may have an ambivalent direction of instruction that is not focused on a goal. Dr. Vacca also believes that because of foster child being in many foster homes, the various foster parents that the child live with may not actively participate in the child's academic life. As a result, the plan of action from the No Child Left Behind Act cannot be