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Conversations with some of the children revealed a pervasive nihilism and a feeling that forebode an inevitable early death, whether it be in the form of a physical death on the streets, or a death of identity that occurs when one enters the justice system and effectively becomes dead to society...
However, despite apparent acts of deviance, teachers who talked to me off the record stated that the student’s behaviors were symptomatic of a more psychological problem, as many of the children were effectively suffering from “post-traumatic stress disorder.” In hushed tones, these teachers described issues that students were forced to deal with at home, and how the students deal with an ever-present understanding that many in the school’s leadership have no sincere or abiding interest in their future welfare. Rather, these “leaders?...
...stands, the inner-city educational system must be fundamentally restructured, from the way the schools are financed, to faculty recruitment and expulsion. As we move forward, the urgency of the situation comes into sharper focus. If our children cannot run to us to fix the situation, then to whom can they run? If we do not take action now, then when...
...Florida after the grisly 2005 rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford by a convicted sex offender. The state had already been the first to enact residency rules for convicted predators, barring them in 1995 from living within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds and other children's sites. Municipalities, with questionable authority, then adopted even tougher ordinances - there are 156 of them so far. Miami Beach, for example, bars offenders from living within 2,500 feet of all school-bus stops, effectively precluding them from living anywhere in the city. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...that supersedes the county's 24 municipal ordinances, many of which make it all but impossible for offenders to find housing. It keeps the 2,500-feet restriction, but applies it only to schools. It also sets a 300-foot restriction to keep offenders from loitering near anyplace where children gather, which many experts call a more practical solution than harsh residency restrictions. (See "The Unkindest Cut: A Czech Solution for Sex Offenders...