The N Y Times reports on a study that our nation’s high school dropout rate directly correlates to the prison population. For those of us who work in the criminal and juvenile systems know this all to well. In fact, one wonders why a study was required.
Of the people that I represent either as counsel [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Education’
October 10, 2009
Can we improve?
June 22, 2008
Hoax or not: Startling Stats
Whether or not the teenage girls in Gloucester, Mass., entered into a pact to get pregnant, 17 pregnancies and 150 pregnancy tests in one school year is startling. The school system reports only four student pregnancies during the prior school year. Reportedly, Gloucester’s parents and elected officials raised an uproar when the medical department of [...]
May 30, 2008
Again, Clayton County School Board Doesn’t Need Help
The New Mr-Fix-it Superintendent barred a group of volunteers from clayton county public schools for either (1) their agreement to provide service expiring (2) their need of background checks (which the school system provides free for volunteers or (3) according to some members of the group-the membership of some volunteers in a recall effort to [...]
May 14, 2008
Progress in Clayton County?
Clayton County, Georgia (Again)
Apparently, the new chair of the school board believes that the Board must follow the mandates of the SACS (Accreditation Agency). Her first step on that agenda, NO not resignation, the deal with ethics complaints. Although one board member believes that the ethics rules should be suspended in this time of crisis. [...]
April 30, 2008
The Oconee War
On Sunday, John and I attended a lecture on the Oconee War. Billed as a history of the battle for the land between the North Oconee and the Apalachee Rivers, this lecture proved very interesting. Steven Scurry lectured about the Creek Indians and their aspirations to retain the “beloved” land in the region and attempt [...]
April 23, 2008
Not Fated, but Destined
Dateline: Clayton County, Georgia
In this suburb of Atlanta, an imbroglio continues unresolved that will harm children because the school board members are too proud to own the mistakes and errors in judgment made in recent years. The public school system will lose its accreditation on September 1, 2008 if clear and specific changes are not [...]
