You know, I'm sure your right about the awful statistics for foster kids. So why not give them a voucher and allow them to have some control and potential stability in their education. Instead of being bounced all over the city as they go from one foster home to another (and from one school to another where they have to establish new friends, new teachers, etc.) give them a voucher so they can kept something in their lives intact. Maybe that's a social experiment worth trying.
I am not against vouchers at all; I am against feel-good programs that address nonexistent needs.
They would still be bounced all over hell and back. These kids need permanent families, not some gimmick for an educational opportunity that already exists in a million different guises.
It's similar to giving parkas to starving kids in the Sahara; nothing wrong with the coats, but hardly useful for their circumstance.