By Farah Z. Ahmad and Tiffany D. Miller Center for American Progress Today’s students will be tomorrow’s workers. As such, high student achievement is the benchmark, not only for an individual’s prosperity, but also for the prosperity of the…
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Report Urges Ban on Detaining Youth Offenders Guilty of Only “Status Offenses”
Dec 11, 2013, 12:40 PM 0
By Gary Gately Juvenile Justice Information Exchange WASHINGTON – They’re known as status offenders – youths who commit offenses that wouldn’t even be considered offenses but for their age: truancy, running away from home, curfew violations, alcohol or tobacco…
