Unlocking Learning: Chapter 1 in Correctional Facilities. Final Report: NationalStudy of the Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent Program

摘要

Young people are entering the nation's correctional facilities at anunprecedented rate, and their number is expected to increase sharply. This will be the last contact many of these youth ever have with the classroom. What is being done to educate them for life outside the institution. How has the U.S. Department of Education supported instruction for this group at greatest risk of failure. Beginning in 1987 the Department undertook a 3-year study to examine the operations of its Chapter 1 Neglected or Delinquent (N or D) program, which provides compensatory education services to youth in state-operated juvenile and adult correctional facilities. The program serves youth under age 21 who lack a high school diploma and are engaged in educational programs while institutionalized. The report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the study, and seeks to improve the services and enhance the outcomes of the federal investment.