All posts tagged "OST"

Love Evident in Top Dropout Prevention Programs

The New Directions Alternative Education Center in Manassas, Va. won a 2013 National Dropout Prevention Network award for their work. L-R: Principal...

Dropout Prevention Strategy: Be Less Boring

Standing room only at the 25th annual National Dropout Prevention Network Conference, with a keynote address by former Education Secretary Bill Bennett....

Top Headlines 11/4

Juvenile Justice TX legislators to investigate guards’ abuse of kids. The profit motive in private youth prisons. Education Budget talks could affect...

Top Headlines 10/31

Juvenile Justice Joe Nocera’s Gun Report. Jacksonville area coalition to address criminalization of first time offenders.   Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules recent...

Top Headlines 10/30

Juvenile Justice Fate of Texas facility for mentally ill youth remains unknown due to legislative delays. The link between delinquency and exposure...

Top Headlines 10/29

Juvenile Justice From the NYT: “A Bid to Keep Youths Out of Adult Prisons”. Georgia closes facility with highest rate of sexual...

Top Headlines 10/28

Juvenile Justice Roll of race in juvenile justice. Reform in Colorado? 13-year-old who murdered neo-Nazi father to be sent to state facility....

Top Headlines 10/25

Juvenile Justice Sexual assaults on detainees in IL youth detention due to understaffing and failure to heed warning signs. Wyandotte Detention Center...

A New Majority: Low Income Students in the South and Nation

Top Headlines 10/24

Juvenile Justice Northeast FL leads state in girls’ detentions. Revealing the corruption and abuse in FL youth prisons for profit. Editorial: Some...

Top Headlines 10/23

Juvenile Justice D.C. defunds lauded Youth Court. Despite abuses private prisons continue to house children. Education MI Groups call for transparency in...

Top Headlines 10/22

Juvenile Justice OK commitment rates dropping says study. JDAI to expand throughout SD following 100,000 dollar grant. OK teen court sees success....

Top Headlines 10/21

Juvenile Justice JDAI trims number of kids in SD detention. GA teen ring breaks into over 100 cars. OH leads “smart reforms”...

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

A Trans-teen’s Story: Respecting the Pronoun

When I was born, the doctor dictated the way I would live the rest of my life simply by proclaiming “It’s a...

Changing the Course for Infants and Toddlers

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...

Extended Learning Time

  Beginning this school year, 35 schools in five states — Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, and Tennessee — will take part...

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....