Child Welfare
- Beating death of 8-yr-old boy leads to a review of California’s child welfare agency.
- Editorial on the death of Gabriel Fernandez from the L.A. Times.
- Op-Ed from William C. Bell, president and CEO of Casey Family Programs, makes the case for early investment in familes.
Education
- Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant links national declines in education performance to the shift towards to working parent families.
- Governors and education directors from nine states meet in Washington, D.C. to discuss childhood literacy challenges.
- U.S. Senate introduces legislation to succeed No Child Left Behind and decrease “micromanagement.”
Juvenile Justice
- New OJJDP report, PTSD, Trauma, and Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in Detained Youth, finds that the majority of youth in detention have suffered trauma prior to lock-up.
- Richard Ross spends 24 hours in juvenile solitary confinement to better understand the ordeal.
