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In recent years, Washington state has led the nation in locking up kids for running away, skipping school and other non-criminal behavior. Now state...
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School districts in Washington state are filing fewer petitions to juvenile court for kids who are truant, according to a recent report from the state…
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Washington state has a big problem with kids not coming to school with one of the worst rates of chronic absenteeism in the nation, according to a report…
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Nationally, there’s a push to outlaw incarceration of students for skipping school and other non-criminal behavior and use alternatives. But some judges...
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The first time a judge sent Marquise-Unique Travon Flynn to juvenile detention he was in fifth grade. He had one goal: not to cry in front of the other...
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Skipping school is not a crime in Washington state, but it can still land a student behind bars.