Jeremiah was already living with his great-grandparents when he was removed from his family at eight years old and placed in a group home. When we met him, he was in a short-term juvenile detention facility — and attending a school inside it — while completing a court-ordered substance-abuse treatment program. For Jeremiah, detention effectively […]

Max Marchitello
Max Marchitello is a senior analyst with Bellwether Education Partners in the Policy and Evaluation practice area.