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Resources

		[1] CDF Report: America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline
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		[2] Child Trends Brief: A Guide to Assessing and Increasing School Engagement, October 2008
		Students who are disengaged from school are at risk for many poor outcomes beyond poor academic achievement. They are at risk of skipping classes, sexual activity, substance use, and ultimately dropping out of school. A new Child Trends brief provides information on why school engagement matters, how out-of-school time programs can affect school engagement, and how to measure engagement. The brief includes specific measures of school engagement from three surveys and a list of additional resources. (98.5K Bytes)
		[3] CT Legal Services: Juvenile Justice and Special Education
		This Powerpoint presentation from October 2006 discusses the connections among Special Education, Family with Service Needs cases, and Juvenile Justice. (153K Bytes)
		[4] CT Voices Report: Suspending Students from CT School, August 2008
		This study of the use of out-of-school suspensions to discipline K-12 students suggests that out-of-school suspensions may be overused and counterproductive. Suspensions are common, and suspension rates vary widely among school districts. Students who are suspended are disproportionately those who need educational opportunities the most. The report points to research on school discipline practices which indicates that overreliance on suspensions is not only ineffective, but can be counterproductive in terms of student behavior and educational outcomes. (383.28K Bytes)
		[5] Jefferson Parish Case Study
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		[6] JPI Education and Public Safety
		[7] SDE Suspension Guidelines, October 2008
		The State Department of Eduation (SDE) released this guidance document to assist school districts in implementing the suspension law. The law will go into effect on July 1, 2009, however it requires that SDE issues guidelines by October 1, 2008, to aid districts in making the determination about whether suspensions should be in-school or out-of-school. (368.49K Bytes)
		[8] Texas and the School to Prison Pipeline
		A new report by the Texas Appleseed on School-to-Prison Pipeline. (16.61K Bytes)
		[9] Truancy: A Closer Look
		The Center for Children's Advocacy published this report in December 2006.

[1]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_258.pdf
[2]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_315.pdf
[3]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_238.ppt
[4]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_307.pdf
[5]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_201.pdf
[6]: http://www.justicepolicy.org/content.php?hmID=1811&smID=1581&ssmID=61
[7]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_314.pdf
[8]: http://ctjja.org/media/resources/resource_253.
[9]: http://www.kidscounsel.org/final%20truancy%20report%20dec%2020%2006.pdf