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 we re talking about the people who aren t at the most risk of not graduating high school, it s 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 for-profits with the worst and they re certainly examples of these for-profits 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. they re much more hands on with the students. they re much more direct in getting them the training
harsher penalties and least likely to be give an second chance and we see they re more likely to live in communities with higher crime rates. whether it s 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 nation s population but more than half of the nation s murder victims. so you sit back and pause and realize there s something in the stream. so we should do something about it. at the same time though i think it s important we don t forget the asset-based framing of boys and young men of color. we all know that phrase, you are what you eat. if you re told over and over again that you re not going anywhere, you start to believe that. as i meet with young people across the country, it s amazing even at an early age how much pressure boys and young men of color feel like they re under. there have recently been studies that come out
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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. .