Unlocking Student Potential

Oct 21, 2011 No Comments

The largest amount of my time, and probably one of the most important things I do, is creating an environment where my students believe they can succeed, and where they want to succeed. I understand those who say no one can be motivated by anyone. I understand their reasoning. However, I’m talking about setting the stage where students who are afraid to learn, or hate school, or don’t believe in themselves, can feel safe and thrive in an educational setting. If that can’t be accomplished, very little learning will occur.

Through Barbed Wire

Oct 18, 2011 No Comments

At the age of 18, Arnie King was convicted of murder and given a life sentence, which he has been serving for the past 35 years. Through his years in jail, King has co-founded and directed various organizations – including Through Barbed Wire – that help youth, parents, and educators deal with life in prison

Bard Prison Initiative

Oct 15, 2011 No Comments

In 1860, Bard College was founded, then known as St. Stephens’s College overlooking the Hudson River in New York. The college began as a preperation for men to enter into seminaries, and over the years until present time, have evolved their curriculum into “higher intellectual and artistic goals.” The very prestigious Bard College of today, embraces science, arts, music, dance, film and other liberal arts academia.

The Institute of Writing & Thinking was born from visionaries within Bard College and in 1999, many of the founders of this particular Institute formed the Bard Prison Initiative.

Providing College To Prison Inmates Series (Part 1)

Oct 13, 2011 No Comments

Recently I have been enjoying a tremendous book titled Providing College To Prison Inmates, by Jeanne Bayer Contardo. This is a wonderful book which examines the North Carolina Prison System’s partnership with the North Carolina Community College System, a very fruitful 20-year-old partnership. On pages 154 through 156 of this text, Contardo suggests seven “Recommendations for Policy and Practice.” I liked her suggestions so much that I’ve decided to base a seven-part blog series upon them.

Idaho's Department of Corrections Education System

Oct 12, 2011 No Comments

Within the prison walls of Idaho’s Department of Corrections facilities is a school that has helped over 500 inmates receive their GED’s as well as ten inmates who received their high school diplomas. The school is called the Robert Janss School and is accredited through the Idaho Department of Education, and operates within seven of

Prison Education: Self-Supporting Institutional Education Programs

Oct 11, 2011 No Comments

As noted in the previous post titled “FCI-Petersburg’s Education Department Problems and Innovative Solutions,” the idea of self-supporting programs is very intriguing. The primary concern of institutional educational programming is its cost-effectiveness. There is a set budget and every Supervisor of Education must use his or her funding to the best of their abilities to help as many incarcerated students as possible.

Inmates in Texas Prison Study for the Ministry

Oct 8, 2011 No Comments

The Southwestern Baptist Theology Seminary located in Houston Texas, has teamed up with one of Texas’s maximum security prisons, Rosharon, to allow a select few inmates to receive a Bachelor of Science degree in Biblical Studies. The program, which is supported by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Southwest Theological Seminary, Southern Baptists of

A Runaway Fan and A Revolving Door

Oct 7, 2011 No Comments

The conditions are poor. Temperatures get too hot or too cold. Mold and high humidity ruin the books and the sinuses. Pipes break, creating steam leaks and additional mold. Once, I was helping a man at a computer and several men called my name. I didn’t turn around; instead, I told them, “Hang on a minute.” They sounded agitated so I looked in their direction and realized my ceiling fan had broken loose. It was dangling about three feet from the floor, hanging by one wire, as it continued to oscillate. Thankfully, no one was hurt. One of my colleagues from down the hall assisted me by disconnecting the fan until it could be repaired. Things break down all the time, and we often wait months or years for repair. Several years after the fan incident I came upon that poor fan crammed in a storage closet. For all I know, it’s still in there.

Prison Education.com's Inmate Scholarship Program

Oct 4, 2011 No Comments

Today I’d like to share with you some behind-the-scenes work that I’m engaging in. It concerns a potential inmate scholarship program that I’m attempting to implement. The basis of the proposed program revolves around three separate inmate scholarships. Do note that all of this is in the planning stage and is subject to change. A

"Zero Percent" Hudson Link Documentary

Oct 1, 2011 No Comments

Following the last review of Hudson Link For Higher Education In Prison, we would like to introduce further a fabulous trailer to the documentary “Zero Percent,” which focuses on the college program inside Sing Sing correctional facility in New York State. What is really exciting about “Zero Percent” is the accolades and awards that the

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Unlocking Student Potential

Through Barbed Wire

Bard Prison Initiative

Providing College To Prison Inmates Series (Part 1)

Idaho's Department of Corrections Education System

Prison Education: Self-Supporting Institutional Education Programs

Inmates in Texas Prison Study for the Ministry

A Runaway Fan and A Revolving Door

Prison Education.com's Inmate Scholarship Program

"Zero Percent" Hudson Link Documentary

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