When Andy’s Law, HB 338, is acted on in the Ohio Senate, legislators can and should remove the provisions that eliminate ...

Johnson College is expanding access to career education for incarcerated individuals, training students remotely from its ...

Thomas sees education as key to self-betterment. It was a book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, a Brazilian Marxist educator, given to him by an activist friend that showed him the power of ...

Few states offer inmates the opportunity to earn a college degree. May 27, 2013— -- Right now, taxpayers spend up to $70 billion each year to house the nation's two to three million prisoners.

Connect NY explores how college-in-prison programs are transforming lives across New York State. Through conversations with educators, formerly incarcerated graduates, and policy experts, we highlight ...

The struggles of prisoners illustrate flaws in Nebraska’s prison education system despite some recent successes. Getting a post-secondary education while incarcerated is challenging, confusing and ...

My father attended segregated schools in Williamsburg in the 1950s and ’60s and did not finish high school. Education has always been a cornerstone of opportunity in America, though access to it has ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)— Formerly incarcerated people often come out of prison with little money and no work history, posing serious challenges to getting back on their feet. Education in Action is trying ...

The state has agreed to a consent decree to reform education for some of the state's most vulnerable children.

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