By Kat Crawford
The more than 60,000 young people that are incarcerated in secure facilities, residences and group homes are learning in alternative-education settings designed to keep them in school or prepare them for jobs once they re-enter their communities. If we don’t want kids to return to these facilities as adults, we need to have education in place to break the cycle and support their success.
Studies show that education reduces recidivism. Studies also show that incarcerated youth learn better in smaller settings. And because their challenges are often different from those of traditional students, we know that traditional teaching methods aren’t always the best avenues for engaging these kids in meaningful learning activities.
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