Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails
“According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. That’s a more precipitous decline than seen in the national numbers, which are moving in the same direction. (In 2016, 45,567 young people were held in facilities nationwide, down 20 percent from 2012.) In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer.”