In “Defining and redirecting a school-to-prison pipeline,” Johanna Wald and Daniel Losen discuss the phenomenon known to observers, advocates, and educators as the prison track, or the school-to-prison pipeline. This appallingly racist system funnels minority youth into the for-profit, industrialized prison system, which was designed to maintain the racial status quo, to replace slavery in all but name, and to cripple the minority vote to ensure its persistence. Recent trends in educational policy
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Alleviation Among Youth in India In: Social Issues Education and Unemployment Alleviation Among Youth in India ABASTRACT An increase in the literacy rate seems to be one of the key ingredients in the economic growth and development of a nation. Growth rate of India is the second highest in the world after china. It is believed that the principle reason behind the Indian progress is its youth force, highest in number in the world. However with increase in the number of schools and colleges, enrollment
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statistics show that blacks make up the majority ethnic group that is infected with AIDS. "The CDC also shows that 75% of all people living with AIDS are over the age of 13 and are men. " http://www.cdc.gov/az/a.html. After the disease first came out in 1981 the numbers were so high on how many people had the virus and how many babies were being born with the virus. The numbers have been steady for about two years now, this doesn't mean that people are not becoming infected with the virus but that
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failing or if it’s the society that has failed completely to give the required direction to the youths. There are many cases that have been reported as the main causes of juvenile delinquency. The major causes being attributed to the environment the child is raised. It has been a tradition that juvenile delinquencies are locked up in juvenile prisons as a way of recreating them. However, it has turned out that by locking up the kids, instead of achieving the best results of a rehabilitated child, the
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relationship among youths in middle and high schools. Further emphasis is on the literature gaps that exist regarding this topic. Addressing concerns and problems using RE Kerpelman et al. (151-171), asserts that family and consumer sciences education is an important field that focuses on families, work, and their interrelationships with the aim of improving lives. At high school and middle levels, family and consumer sciences education play a vital rolse in the lives of the youths. For instance, the
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Homeless Youth I was surprised to learn that so many youth in America don’t have a home to go to every day and night. I decided to look up some statistics on homeless youth; I got my information from the National Coalition for the Homeless. Considering the statistics of how many youth are homeless is from 2002, there is about over one million homeless youth in the US. Pregnant and homosexual, bisexual, and transgender teens account for the highest percent of homeless youth. That doesn’t really
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country to take on his work in the big city. Through experiences, vision, prayer, school, and the Bible God has made it very apparent that he wants me to live side by side with the “least of these.” This Urban Ministry class has helped me tremendously; get a better understanding of ministry in the inner- city. Through reading, the Detroit experience, and personal research I have come to a more focused group of youth to work with in an inner city. Reading about the foster care system and juvenile
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and being open and non-judgmental with each other. This week I chose to observe my Church youth group mainly because being a 6’6” 300lb African American male and in today’s, world I wouldn’t feel comfortable watching random teens. Every Wednesday we have youth service so I asked our Youth Pastor to observe the youth. Communication styles: The kids in my church’s youth group were scattered all around the youth room in their little groups. As I walked around the room I tried to eavesdrop on the kids
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Peer Pressure 1 Peer Pressure Kristen McGill SOCU 391 Peer Pressure 2 Peer pressure or peer influence in today’s youth is prevalent and powerful. Youth in this day and age are struggling to find a place where they belong, or fit in with society. Teens especially and weakened by peer pressure as they strive to maintain a relationship with their friends. “In groupthink, the members sense pressure to maintain unanimity, which discourages critical and independent thinking.” (Lotz, 230)
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majority, and this isolation supports the mission of preventing future crimes and giving juveniles a second chance at successful social integration. People believe juvenile offenders need discipline and support to prevent a return to crime when they get out. Juvenile incarceration facilities share some qualities in common with adult prisons, but inmates have access to education, incentive programs, and more social services and support. Drug treatment in such facilities, for example, tends to be more readily
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