Debate is raging in communities across the country about the role of police in our nation’s schools. While the discussion is long overdue,...
In the early morning hours of May 11, 2011, while sleeping on his living room sofa, Jeffrey Hall’s son shot him dead...
Juvenile Justice Senators failed to reach an agreement with House on lowering age of discernment to 12 years old. Juvenile court project...
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...
There are three ways people respond to challenges in life. Okay, I realize I am making a big generalization, but this has been...
Written by Susan Du and Eric Ferkenhoff Originally appeared in The Chicago Bureau CHICAGO- Violence stalks Chicago’s streets, but when faced with...
Education Florida Gov. Rick Scott proposes to increase spending on public schools by 6.5 percent to $6,800 per student, and a $2,500...
Robert Listenbee Jr., a long-time champion of reforms in the juvenile justice system, including limiting the detention and incarceration of juveniles, is likely...
Education Is racial discrimination behind the closing of certan schools? There is a correlation between poverty and education costs in Texas. Workshop provided by...
In his 1961 farewell address President Dwight Eisenhower warned the American people of the dangers inherent in an alliance of the military,...
Education Haar Bill (LB619) proposes to require school districts to offer sex education. K-12 teachers in Florida to receive $2,500 pay raise in Gov....
Earlier this month, Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announced that the records of more than 100,000 young people and employees may...
Juvenile Justice Nebraska lawmakers to propose reforms to juvenile justice system with a new focus on treatment for troubled youths, rather than...
It’s an optimistic headline: “Prison Rape: Obama’s Program to Stop It”. It leads into a comprehensive New York Review of Books article on three...
Politics President Obama took the presidential oath of office in a quiet ceremony in the White House Sunday, The New York Times...
I was sitting at a table with a fellow prisoner more than twenty years ago. We were taking a break from our...
During my testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights last month, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman...
The first Georgia After School and Youth Development Conference is taking place in Athens, Ga. January 9 – 11. The event was organized by GUIDE,...
Not since the opening of the first juvenile reform school in 1886 has our nation’s approach to confining delinquent youth experienced such...
The juvenile justice system in America has endured many trends and survived numerous attacks from its critics over the decades. From the...