All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Time to Have a Conversation About Race

Can we have an open, honest discussion about race? I’m not making a request to have such a conversation, what I am...

Beth Kassab: The Dream Defenders Are For Real

From the Orlando Sentinel (MCT) Word is getting around. The Dream Defenders are for real. Whether you agree with their demands — chiefly to...

Top Headlines 8/1

Juvenile Justice Illinois House Restorative Justice Committee holds emergency hearing on sex abuse report. Colorado legislators examine lack of legal counsel for...

Serious Fighting-Related Injuries Produce a Significant Reduction in Intelligence

Top Headlines 7/31

Juvenile Justice Florida anthropologists battle government to study gravesites at notorious reformatory. Georgia county with high rates of detention breaks ground on...

Top Headlines 7/29

Juvenile Justice Ga. DJJ introduces reintegration programs. Head injuries and juvenile justice. Education Federal cutbacks lead to less monitoring of special ed...

Watch your Neighbors, Or See Them?

The suburban street where I have lived the past two years has about 45 houses, not counting cross streets and cul-de-sacs. I...

Top Headlines 7/26

Child Welfare Don’t economize childcare. Florida child welfare agency told to “refocus” following deaths. Juvenile Justice Despite misgivings, Scared Straight continues. Education...

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2013

Trayvon’s Life – Not Just His Death – Means Something

As the media coverage of the George Zimmerman trial verdict finally begins to wane, Americans all across the country are struggling to...

Top Headlines 7/23

Juvenile Justice Head of Florida’s juvenile justice system meets with capitol protesters. All but one of the suspended Georgia DJJ investigators is...

In Speaking as a Black American, President Obama Did Nation a Service

From The Kansas City Star (MCT) Why did President Barack Obama speak out Friday on Trayvon Martin’s death? He couldn’t have been more clear:...

The Transformative Power of Nonviolence

I used to think that violence could solve almost any problem. I was probably 15 when I told my friend Benji this....

Top Headlines 7/18

Juvenile Justice Seven officers removed from Atlanta area youth detention facility. Education Michigan experts lobby for Common Core. Florida board changes formula...

Top Headlines 7/17

Juvenile Justice Miami pet therapy program for juvenile offenders first in Florida. Education U.S. Department of Education investigates Swathmore’s handling of sexual...

OP-ED: Breaking the Cycle of Hyper-Recidivism

Is reform a means to cut the budget or is cutting the budget a means to reform? It’s like which came first–the...

Top Headlines 7/16/2013

Juvenile Justice ACLU and other groups push for limits on juvenile solitary confinement in New Jersey.  Education Education policy group criticizes pre-Common...

Zimmerman Verdict a Catalyst or Catastrophe?

I was returning home when the breaking news alert flashed over my phone. Zimmerman found Not Guilty. I stared in disbelief at...

Top Headlines 7/15

Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ rolls out two pilots intended to help detained youth in transition. Education NYC’s increased spending doesn’t produce better...

Effects of State Medical Marijuana Laws on Adolescent Marijuana Use