Mention is there are number of programs in the high schools to move people in a more vocational way. Bob lerman is here. There are apprenticeship programs that should be expanded. There are cte programs that get people into Community College occupational programs. Those are all fine and good. But if were talking about the people who arent at the most risk of not graduating high school, its really the direct employment. And secondly finding ways to link up, to have partnerships with Certificate Programs and very narrow occupational programs. And many of those programs are given by the four profits. Right . For many people the forprofits with the worst and theyre certainly examples of these forprofits being the worst. But there are, and you mentioned, james rosenbaum. He has positive views of what might be called the best practices for profits. They do much more counselling. Theyre much more hands on with the students. Theyre much more direct in getting them the training for direct emplo
Harsher penalties and least likely to be give an Second Chance and we see theyre more likely to live in communities with higher crime rates. Whether its reading at grade level by third grade or graduating from high school or unemployment, you see boys and young men of color double digit behind their peers. Then you have black boys make up 6 of the nations population but more than half of the nations murder victims. So you sit back and pause and realize theres something in the stream. So we should do something about it. At the same time though i think its important we dont forget the assetbased framing of boys and young men of color. We all know that phrase, you are what you eat. If youre told over and over again that youre not going anywhere, you start to believe that. As i meet with young people across the country, its amazing even at an early age how much pressure boys and young men of color feel like theyre under. There have recently been studies that come out that talk about whats
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Skills for reducing violence are becoming essential in schools. At the beginning of the school year, students at a Washington state high school participated in a workshop aimed at doing that. The Alternatives to Violence Project mostly works in jails and prisons around the world. .