Oakland leads ways as restorative justice techniques enter education mainstream

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Oakland leads ways as restorative justice techniques enter education mainstream

Jacob Mathis was a classic underachiever and troubled child. ... According to a 2006 study by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization, 75 percent of America’s state prison inmates, 59 percent of federal inmates and 69 percent of jail inmates in America do not have high school diplomas.