Posted on October 21, 2015
Over 350 members of the law enforcement, education and court communities convened on Oct. 20, 2015 to identify ways they can work together to prevent school discipline issues from landing youth in court and in the juvenile justice system.
Research has shown that calling in law enforcement to deal with a student’s behavioral problems is an ineffective way to address these issues and could lead to harmful, long-term consequences not anticipated by educators.
Read press release of the event.
Click here to find forum presentations and materials.
A growing number of New Jersey schools are serving breakfast during the first few minutes of the day and, as a result, have achieved a 75 percent increase in the number of low-income students eating this all-important morning meal, according to the 5th Annual NJ School Breakfast Report, released today by Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) and the NJ Food for Thought Campaign.
ACNJ’s latest report, Showing Up Matters: The State of Chronic Absenteeism in New Jersey highlights statewide data, identifies causes that lead to student absences, provides recommendations for schools and families and identifies districts, by county that are struggling with high student absences.
