Alternative education
Counties turn to transition specialists to help students in court school succeed
Article discussing court schools and County Departments of Education starting to hire staff to help...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry
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Flyer for Forum on Court School
Announcement of Forum entitled "Education Reform's Missed Opportunity: Young People in California's Court Schools
Categories: Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, No Child Left Behind/other funding
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Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience- Schools in Juvenile Justice Get an F
Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get An F. ...
Categories: Alternative education, Detention, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry
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Executive Summary: Educational Injustice: Barriers to Achievement and Higher Education for Youth in California Juvenile ...
Summary of Report detailing a study of the education system for youth confined to detention...
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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Demand Letter to Ventura County Office of Education
This is a demand letter to the Ventura County Office of Education challenging its failure...
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Final Template for School Board Hearing Request- COE – SB 1111
This is a template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send...
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Final Template for School Board Hearing Request – SB 1111
This is template for a letter that advocates and community stakeholders can send to local...
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Sample Public Records Request – SB 1111
This is a sample Public Records Act request that advocates can send to County Offices...
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California takes on harsh discipline and academic inequities for black, latino students
Article by Center for Public Integrity on school discipline and push out of Black and...
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy
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SB 1111 Chaptered Text
The text of SB 1111 addressing transfer rights of students referred to county community schools.
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry
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YLC Letter in Support of SB 1111
Letter by YLC Staff Attorney Deborah Escobedo requesting the Governor's signature on SB 1111. ...
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Juvenile Court Schools: Addressing Equity In Discipline and Other Educational Policies Impacting Minorities and Student...
This power point focuses on issues related to youth enrolled in juvenile court schools.
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Education Issues Impacting Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems
This is a training outline that covers education issues impacting both juvenile justice and foster...
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, English learner/migrant/homeless, Enrollment/re-entry, Gang profiling, Law enforcement in school, No Child Left Behind/other funding, Special education
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School to Nowhere Enrollment and EL/FEP Data for Select Counties and Alternative Schools
This chart shows enrollment data for alternative schools located in the following California counties: Fresno,...
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Alternative Schools (Introduction to School Discipline) – Powerpoint Presentation
This power point covers alternative school placement issues related to school discipline.
Categories: Alternative education, Discipline/truancy
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Alternative Education Outline
This outline provides a brief summary of California Education Code provisions governing alternative education placements.
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Warehousing Foster Care Students in Continuation High Schools Would Violate State Law
This short paper discusses why foster care students cannot be placed in continuations schools involuntarily....
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education
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Improving Educational Opportunities for Youth in the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems: The Fresno First Year ...
First year report and strategic plan.
Categories: A.B. 490/foster care education, Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues
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Getting Out of the Red Zone – Youth from the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems Speak Out about the Obstac...
This publication describes the process the Youth Law Center underwent to conduct a series of...
Categories: Alternative education, Enrollment/re-entry, Legal/policy issues, Special education
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Non-Public Schools – Public Records Act Request – CDE Monitoring of Nonpublic Schools
This public records act request is directed to the California Department of Education and requests...
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Demand Letter to CDE re: Failure to Monitor Juvenile Court Schools
This is a demand letter directed to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction concerning California’s...
Categories: Alternative education, Special education
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Non-Public Schools – Request for Investigation to the California Department of Education
This is a request for an investigation directed to the California Department of Education concerning...
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