Learning behind Bars.

Kongshem, Lars

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ERIC Number: EJ535636

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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Learning behind Bars.

Kongshem, Lars

American School Board Journal, v183 n11 p38-41 Nov 1996

Describes the educational program in a Fairfax County, Virginia, juvenile detention center. The center's approach is a combination of "tough love" philosophy, interagency cooperation between the school district and state agencies, and an educational program based on a one-room school house model. (LMI)

Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutionalized Persons, Punishment, Recidivism, Social Control

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Virginia

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