All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Improving the Health, Safety, and Well-Being of Young Adults

To Segregate or Not to Segregate…

To segregate or not to segregate, that is the question.  When it comes to best meeting the needs of LGBTQ youth, answering...

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

OP-ED: A Better Way to Be in the World

Georgia Conflict Center, where I work as Executive Director, shares offices with several other nonprofits. We get to know the other folks...

Top Headlines 10/11

Juvenile Justice Florida DJJ to focus on prevention and diversion. Recent rulings cost Florida DJJ an extra 54.5 million dollars. Education Is...

Top Headlines 10/10

Juvenile Justice Changes in Utah’s policies lead to unintended hardships and extra costs. FL DJJ proposes overhaul and major shift in mission....

Top Headlines 10/9

Juvenile Justice Iowa and Illinois juvenile reform efforts fall short. Child Welfare Four rescued Denver boys lived were known to be at...

Suspecting Parents Doesn’t Protect Kids — Training and Partnership Do

In one of the North Carolina counties in which I practice law, juvenile delinquency court is held every other week. During these...

Reducing the Social Distance Between Minority Teens and Police

Emory Bogardus developed in the 1920s the “social distance scale,” which has been used extensively to measure attitudes among racial groups. Bogardus’...

Top Headlines 10/7

Education SC Board of Education may remove limits to class sizes for some grades. The business of education reform. MO to address...

The U.S. Wrongfully Incarcerates More Than 50,000 Citizens

Prisons, contrary to a common trope, are not full of innocent men. Most people there do not spend all of their time...

Top Headlines 10/3

Education No raise for AL teachers in 2015. Raising the level of education debate. Duncan lambastes politicians in “State of Education” talk....

Illinois Needs Smaller Juvenile Prison Systems

Illinois received more evidence last week that incarcerating young people doesn’t rehabilitate them. Independent experts told a federal court that Illinois’ juvenile...

Top Headlines 10/2

Education MO governor calls for less partisanship in education policy. WI think tank calls for tougher admissions standards for teachers. Juvenile Justice...

Top Headlines 10/1

Education Texas excused from No Child Left Behind requirements. The truth about charter schools and special education. The shutdown and education. Juvenile...

Top Headlines 9/30

Education “College is the new high school” says CT education leader. Juvenile Justice Facing judicial intervention, FL legislators set sights on fixing...

OP-ED: The Dream of Restorative Prisons

Prisons are some of the least pleasant places imaginable. The imagery conjured by the word prison is heavily influenced by Hollywood portrayals:...

Top Headlines 9/27

Education Iowa governor pushes for standardized curriculum. Juvenile Justice Quinn alleges Illinois making great strides in improving conditions of youth detention. Listenbee...

Top Headlines 9/26

Education Seven states making drastic cuts to education. Assessing the state of education reform. Sequester harms already struggling education system serving Native...