Just Learning, The Imperative to Transform Juvenile Justice Systems Into Effective Educational Systems: A Study of Juvenile Justice Schools in the South and the Nation, Southern Education Foundation (SEF)

The Imperative to Transform Juvenile Justice Systems Into Effective Educational Systems: A Study of Juvenile Justice Schools in the South and the Nation provides evidence that youth placed in custody are receiving a substandard education. The Foundation describes the publication as a report “drawing upon the most recently available data from the nation's largest database on teaching and learning in juvenile justice systems,” finding that “the quality of the learning programs for incarcerated youth have had ‘little positive, enduring impact on the educational achievement of most children and youth in state custody.’” The report highlights the need for effective teaching and learning in the juvenile justice system, and offers recommendations and strategies to transform the system with a new, primary purpose of education.