Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/singer-anthony-hamilton-encourages-teens-to-stay-in-school Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story According to the Children’s Defense Fund, more than 400,000 children are registered in the foster care system in the United States, and less than one in four are adopted each year. 26,000 of these young people age out of the foster care system every year while still in high school.