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EducationOhio would lose nearly $50 million in federal education funding if Congress doesn’t reach a budget deal this week.Study: Physical education at...

Restorative Justice and the Quickening Pace of Change

ATHENS, Ga. — A lot of my work at Georgia Conflict Center has lately been focused on restorative practices. In courthouses, schools,...

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NAACP Files Complaint Against Texas School District for Disproportionately Citing Black Students

The Brazos County, Texas branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and non-profit Texas Appleseed filed a...

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DC Reforms Offer Some Kids New Beginning

New center models holistic, age-appropriate, therapeutic approaches LAUREL, Md. — A few years ago, facilities manager Carl Matthews rounded a corner inside...

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Mental Health A report compiled by an advisory committee to the National Science Foundation (NSF) details three major risk factors associated with...

Truancy Needs Early and Innovative Intervention

Skipping school – perhaps that makes you think of adventures with high school friends just to test your independence. Four of my...

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Fledgling NJ Program Paves a Path from Corrections to College

Prison-to-college initiatives might become more common in United States A little more than a decade ago, then-22-year-old Danny Feliciano stood at the...

A Smart Kid Derailed by the System

The first job I landed after my release from prison was for a company that specialized in solar panels and high-efficiency heating...

Guest Opinion Essay

Real Reform is Real Change

I read with interest the excellent op-ed by my fellow contributor John Lash titled “Putting a Face on Reform” and his comments...

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Robert Listenbee: Q&A with Incoming Federal Juvenile Justice Chief

Youth Today spoke on the phone Monday with defense attorney Robert Listenbee Jr., who was recently picked by President Barack Obama to...

Collaboration in Action: Robert Listenbee and George Mosee

The field of juvenile justice is abuzz with the recent news of President Barack Obama appointing Robert Listenbee to be the next...

Searching in Darkness for Answers to Juvenile Detention

I was at the diversion center in Athens a few weeks ago talking with some of the residents about communication skills. We usually...

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Juvenile Justice Uta Halee Girls Village of Omaha, NB sought after by state senators who hope to fix the juvenile justice system. Georgia’s...

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Juvenile Justice 16-year-old wants murder case sent to juvenile court. New York – Lippman calls for bail reform and heightened transparency. Education ...

A Rational Approach to School Safety and Student Performance

Debate is raging in communities across the country about the role of police in our nation’s schools. While the discussion is long overdue,...

For Troubled Youth, Prison-like Settings do more Harm than Good

In the early morning hours of May 11, 2011, while sleeping on his living room sofa, Jeffrey Hall’s son shot him dead...

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Juvenile Justice Senators failed to reach an agreement with House on lowering age of discernment to 12 years old. Juvenile court project...

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Advocates Cheer Listenbee as New Federal Head of Juvenile Justice

Juvenile justice advocates hailed the Obama administration’s announcement Friday that Philadelphia defense attorney Robert Listenbee Jr., a long-time champion of limiting the detention and...