Description

The education of today's youth is an extremely importantfocus of our society. The future economic and social quality of ournation is dependent upon the quality of education our youth attain.One aspect of our student population that is often overlooked arethose student's who are incarcerated. Across this nation there arethousands of children who are confined to juvenile correctionalfacilities for a plethora of reasons. Many of these childrenexhibit disabilites and severe educational deficiencies. What arethe quality of special education programs within these facilities?How do these programs meet the individual needs of students withinthese unique environments? How are these programs evaluated and bywhom? Dr. Bailey's research sheds light into the dark and forgottenworld of juvenile correctional education for incarcerateddelinquents.