solving the problem p2

this year a pilot project was launched in Michigan as a way to combat the school to prison pipeline. it uses education as a way to keep these children out of the courtroom.

In an article written by news site MLive’s Monica Scott, Kent County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Feeney noted, “Our first goal was to change the definition of truancy and chronic absenteeism in Kent County, as not all schools had the same definition. These common definitions allow the court to treat truancy the same in each school district and to track the effectiveness of truancy programs.”
truancy and dropouts are a chronic problems in Wyoming and Grand Rapid schools. these areas, affected by the school to prison pipeline, also have disproportionate poverty rates. this divulges the concept of the discrepancy between being educated and and being "poor".

https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2017/03/truancy_pilot_hopes_to_keep_ki.html