A new report asserts that ordering juvenile offenders to pay compensation to
their victims often derails their lives, and victims’ rights groups see
shortcomings as well.
Hundreds of school districts across the country have given staff access to guns,
seeing the weaponry not as a political statement but a practical response to a
potent threat.
The education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who made a career of promoting local
control of education, is taking a tough line on enforcing new federal standards.