Higher Education Behind and Beyond Bars: A Father and Son Story
June 12, 2019 by Darryl Epps Jr., Darryl Epps III I sat with my back pressed into cold, hard wood as I stared into the big brown eyes across the table. He looks so much like me, I thought. Eight…
We Are More than the Sum of Our Mistakes
May 24, 2019 by John B. King Jr., J.D., Ed.D. John B. King Jr. delivered remarks at a celebration of student success for former students participating in the life-changing Goucher Prison Education Program in Maryland. Thank you Thank you to…
The Forgotten Children: Students Who Have an Incarcerated Parent
April 24, 2019 by Ivy Morgan There are 1.5 million people in federal and state prisons and another 600,000 in local jails. More than half (54 percent) of these incarcerated adults have children under the age…
Profiles in Education Equity: Operation Restoration
April 17, 2019 by Letisha Marrero Syrita Steib-Martin and Annie Freitas cofounded Operation Restoration, a New Orleans-based organization that helps women who have been impacted by incarceration get the education and resources they need to reenter…
Serving Healthy School Food While Preparing Young Adults for Culinary Careers
April 15, 2019 by Letisha Marrero Tucked away in the back of a dilapidated, blue and gray building in downtown Washington lies DC Central Kitchen. It may not look like much, but the bustling social venture…
Statement from The Education Trust on the Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act
April 09, 2019 by EdTrust “Expanding access to quality higher education can be transformative for individuals impacted by the criminal justice system. I am pleased that the Restoring Education and Learning (REAL) Act has been…
Investing in Second Chances: Lifting the Ban on Pell Access for Incarcerated Students
March 27, 2018 by EdTrust As our country continues to grapple with how to best reform the criminal justice system, there is bipartisan momentum…