norademleitner.bsky.social
Writer, educator, lawyer, immigrant. Served as college president & law dean. Writing on problems — and ways forward — in criminal justice & sentencing and higher education, often with a look abroad for different approaches.
👤 Joined on 12 November 2024
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Show PostMirroring the adult system, girls of color and those who identify as LBTQ+ are disproportionately confined by the juvenile justice system. Black girls in particular shoulder an added burden of adultification, which leads to greater contact with the system & harsher consequences.
Show PostOver 5,000 young women and girls are confined in the U.S. Many are locked up for violations like running away or truancy — things that are not crimes for adults and have nothing to do with public safety.
Show PostThe number of teacher vacancies fell from 2,145 in the 2022-23 school year to roughly 572 for the current school year, state officials announced Monday, a 70% drop that was attributed to programs to expand recruitment and retention of teachers. marylandmatters.org/2026/10/19/m...
Show PostI remain merely a small-town international relations professor, but I think it should be an immediate presidency-ending scandal that the President of the 🇺🇸 admits to violating the UN Charter by invading another UN member-state, kidnapping its leader, & seizing its assets. www.un.org/en/about-us/...
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