By Carlisa Bydume, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) There are a plethora of reasons why schools may close for extended periods of time, such as teacher strikes, natural disasters, or what the world is experiencing currently with a national pandemic. This blog seeks to raise awareness about the fact that many school systems across the country…
By: Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) During the Fall semester of the Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Student Fellows Program I, an experiential course at the University of Baltimore School of Law, we were introduced to Dr. Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecology of human development paradigm. This theoretical model gives us a framework…
By Erin Kay, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) In the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) Truancy Court Program (TCP), we cater to students from all over Baltimore City in a wide range of grade levels. Every school has a group of students who the school administrators believe can benefit…
By Hadassah Bauerle, CFCC Student Fellow (2019-2020) With the threat of COVID-19 spreading globally, governors across the United States have strongly encouraged citizens to stay home and stay safe. Some states have even issued “shelter in place” orders, by which people are not permitted to leave their homes except for rare “essential” functions. For many…