Juvenile detention and correctional facilities, in collaboration with state agencies and local school districts, have adopted a number of practice and policies to promote educational re-enrollment and advancement following release. Informed by limited research and the accounts of practitioners and clients in the field, this article discusses…

This document describes the Virginia Department of Correctional Education's (DCE) Transition Program, which assists juvenile offenders in making the transition from one school program to another. The student is moved from the community to a detention home school, then to the Department of Youth and Family Services Reception and Diagnostic Center,…

This combined report examines the obstacles that Virginia students encounter as they move from high school through college and what colleges and universities might do to facilitate their progress. Part 1 of the report responds to House Joint Resolution No. 211, which asks Virginia's Council of Higher Education to study the transition between high…