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Youth Council hosts annual conference

Oficials of the Second Circuit Youth Council, formerly the Juvenile Justice Council, have planned its 21st annual one-day conference, Kids, Courts & Schools — What Works? The conference will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Rend Lake Resort and Conference Center. Registration for the conference will continue through Oct. 1. The registration fee is $55, which includes breakfast, lunch, handouts and door prizes.

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Office of Justice Programs, MacArthur Foundation Renew Partnership with $2 Million Commitment to Advance Juvenile Justice Reform

WASHINGTON – In a renewed private-public partnership, the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation are jointly providing $2 million to advance juvenile justice reform.

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Stats pointing to racial bias in expulsions and suspensions spur a new look at school discipline.

If a student happens to have been born black, he’s three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than his white classmates. That statistic comes from the U.S. Department of Education, and it’s often repeated by people who favor changing the way students are disciplined. But as with all averages, it obscures the rough edges that become apparent only when looking more closely at the numbers, and Illinois has some of the roughest edges around.

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