Low Graduation Rates, Poor Attendance Plague LA County Juvenile Hall Students, Report Finds

Low graduation rates, poor attendance plague LA County juvenile hall students, report finds

Only a third of incarcerated students in Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall graduated last year and 14% were chronically absent or missed more than a month of the school year, according to a new report by a coalition of juvenile justice reform advocates. The Education Justice Coalition, in the report released Wednesday, Aug. 6, argues these latest performance metrics, obtained from publicly released data, highlight the Los Angeles County’s long history …

Report Slams L.A. County's Juvenile Education System as Failing and Inadequate - Davis Vanguard

The Education Justice Coalition has released a report highlighting the systemic failures of Los Angeles County in providing meaningful educational opportunities to incarcerated youth, and calls for immediate action to reform the juvenile system.

New Report Chronicles L.A. County’s Systemic Failure to Educate

Youth rights groups call on supervisors to fulfill promise for a community-based alternative to youth incarcerationLOS ANGELES —The Education Justice Coalition (EJC), a consortium of youth advocacy and civil rights groups, today released a new report that examines the historical failures of Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention system and the current conditions that young