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NDTAC Brief: Improving Conditions for Learning for Youth Who Are Neglected or Delinquent

September 2013
Learning is not just a cognitive process; research shows that powerful social and emotional factors affect learning. By providing students with support that addresses these needs and building positive social and emotional conditions for learning, staff in facilities and schools can help improve lear...

NDTAC Fact Sheet: Juvenile Justice Education

February 2014
This fact sheet examines the characteristics of educational services provided by juvenile justice facilities in the United States, such as prevalence and type of educational services, student participation in services, and perceived quality of services. Download (PDF) ...

Program Highlights: Accessing Online Supplemental Textbook Material

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the first in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile secure-care facilities. This Highlight examines three facilities in Indiana and their efforts to provide access to online supplemental textbook materials to teachers and studen...

Program Highlights: International Computer Driving License Program

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the second in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile securecare facilities. This Highlight examines the experience of Loysville Youth Development Center (LYDC) with implementing an online computer skills certificate program...

Program Highlights: Oregon Virtual School District

May 2014
This Program Highlight is the third in a series exploring the use of educational technology in juvenile securecare facilities. This Highlight examines Oregon’s Stateoperated juvenile justice facilities and their use of a virtual school district to provide online academic content ...

State COVID-19 Information

June 2020
NDTAC has compiled a list of links of state education agencies’ (SEA) webpages on COVID-19. Many SEAs have developed dedicated webpages for updates and frequently asked questions where they are attempting to centralize all COVID-19 related information. SEA pages are listed alphabetically below. 

Teaching With Technology in Juvenile Justice Facilities

November 2014
Oregon is paving the way for the use of education- and vocation-focused technology in the State’s juvenile justice facilities. Taking advantage of a world of online and other digital content while maintaining facility safety and security, teachers and students now have greater access to curricula, t...

Correctional Education Guidance Package for Serving Juvenile Justice System-Involved Youth

December 2014
Secretary Arne Duncan and U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder have released a Correctional Education Guidance Package to help states and local agencies strengthen the quality of education services provided to America’s estimated 60,000 young people in confinement every day. This guidance ...

Guiding Principles for Providing High-Quality Education in Juvenile Justice Secure Care Settings

December 2014
This document, Guiding Principles for Providing High-Quality Education in Juvenile Justice Secure Care Settings, outlines five principles and supporting core activities to improve education practices or implement new ones. Authored jointly by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, the guide ...

Dear Colleague Letter on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities

December 2014
This Dear Colleague Letter on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for Students with Disabilities in Correctional Facilities, issued by ED’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, clarifies state and public agency obligations to provide a free, appropriate public education t...

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