The Legislature is considering school discipline policies that would reduce the overreliance on courts while increasing effective in-school behavior management. Our research suggests that a tiered approach can both increase school safety and cut costs.
Sentencing reform is critical for youth in the justice system
As states across the country move to right-size their prison systems, managing to reduce incarceration, costs and crime, it is important to consider reform at the federal level as well. And when it comes to reforming our sentencing laws, there seems no better place to start than with the most vulnerable among us: our children....