The Jack Brockhoff Foundation Churchill Fellowship to investigate effective approaches to re-engaging youth offenders with education

There were numerous highlights of my fellowship trip, some of which included:

• Participating in the inaugural School-Justice Partnerships fellowship program at the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University, which gave me a strong foundation of knowledge for the rest of my study and connected me to many experts in the field.

• Spending three days at the Clayton County Juvenile Court, learning about the pioneering “Teske Model” of school-justice partnerships.

• Meeting Marlies Spanjaard in Boston, who introduced me to the holistic educational advocacy work of the EdLaw Project.

• Learning about the close connection between practice, research and policymaking in the Scottish youth justice system, demonstrated through the work of the Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice.

• Observing the work of Apex Scotland to reduce school exclusions in Dunfermline and Levenmouth, through their innovative Inclusion Units.

• My two days with SSP Copenhagen, learning about the Danish approach to youth crime prevention.