Attention to ACEs can help keep at-risk youth in school - Washington State

Chris Engel 4/18/136:30 PM

Lincoln High School run by ACEsConnection member Jim Sporleder is featured.

"The school to prison pipeline is a recently discovered phenomenon in which students who attend poorly-funded public schools or come from impoverished backgrounds are more likely to fall through the cracks of the education system and end up in prison.

"ACEs play a significant role in determining whether a student ends up in prison. Specifically, if a school does not help a student overcome his/her ACEs, then that student is far more likely to commit crime and be sent to prison for it...."

http://uwire.com/2013/04/18/attention-to-aces-can-help-keep-at-risk-youth-in-school/

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