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Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2020
This report explores the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Deep-End Initiative, which is helping juvenile justice jurisdictions safely and significantly reduce youth confinement -- especially for young people of color. In America today, youth of color are consistently over-represented in courtrooms and detention centers, youth prisons and other…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Minority Groups, Youth, Demonstration Programs
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DiLoreto, Melanie; Ash, George; Johnson, Jerry; Shope, Shane; Kokiko, Chuck – Journal of Correctional Education, 2017
Although there is limited research related to the effectiveness of educational courses delivered using an online format in the American prison system, there is evidence that indicates providing education to prisoners reduces recidivism. Reductions in state funding and the need for cost-effective programs to reduce recidivism support the use of…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Online Courses, Vocational Education, Program Effectiveness
Zhu, Jing; Loadman, William E.; Lomax, Richard G.; Moore, Raeal – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
Among various interventions targeting adolescent students who read significantly below grade level, the Scholastic READ 180 is an intensive daily program that makes use of technology and combines research-based reading practices. Since the launch of READ 180, Scholastic Inc. and many schools that have deployed the program have been jointly…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Low Achievement
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Devlin, Renee S.; Gibbs, John C. – Journal of Research in Character Education, 2010
This article examined cognitive and behavioral changes among participants in Responsible Adult Culture (RAC), a cognitive-behavioral (especially, cognitive restructuring) treatment program in use at the Franklin County Community-Based Correctional Facility (CBCF). Participants were adult felony offenders (approximately three-fourths male). A…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Change, Correctional Institutions, Adults
Anstaett, Dwight – Ohio Department of Education, 2004
In the fall of 2004, the Ohio Department of Education's (ODE) Office of Career- Technical and Adult Education conducted a comprehensive program performance review of all career-technical education programs offered within Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) Institutions. The unique nature of career-technical education delivery within a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Career Education