Nearly one half of those in the juvenile justice system are performing below the grade level that is correct for their age, and over 30 percent of them have been reported to have a learning disability diagnosis. The other five percent of students in the general population compared against those in the Juvenile Justice System, have very crucial learning needs that must be addressed if they are to get on a more positive track forward. The Children’s Defense Fund states that, “CDF is working in three vital areas to ensure the juvenile justice system addresses children’s educational needs.” They believe that if a child in the detention center can receive a better education and remain focus on school that they will not have the ripple effect of children returning to the center. But there are some good features to the system, Judge Nancy Hoffman stated, “I think that it does well in cases that it is originally designed to deal with. The original idea was, when a kid gets in trouble and is brought into court, the judge sits down, is a friendly mentor and has a talk. The family is involved and things get better. But that's not the way the juvenile court now operates. It's very big, it's very precise. Crimes are charged: the kid didn't hit another kid, he committed an assault or an assault with a deadly weapon or a battery. All of the sudden, the minor's there in court with an attorney telling him not to acknowledge that he did a wrong, because punishment's going to be terrible. And I'm not saying the kid shouldn't have an attorney, but that's what happens when we made this system like a mini-adult system." The downfall to the juvenile Justice system was made in stone before it really took effect. The juvenile court was criticized for failing to live up to its ideal of providing therapeutic, individualized treatment to juvenile delinquents. It was said by writers at UCLA, “It was claimed the proceedings in practice were much closer to criminal proceedings, and juvenile judges abused their broad discretion. The U.S. Supreme Court addressed these concerns in the 1967 case In re Gault, which granted juvenile