Rod Clark is the Chief Executive of Prisoners» Education Trust, a charity that funds distance - learning courses in prison and advocates for better
prison education policy and practice throughout the UK.
Not exact matches
It also campaigns
and advocates for better
policy and practice in
prison education nationwide.
On this week's Dropout Nation Podcast, RiShawn Biddle explains why U.S. Secretary of
Education Arne Duncan was right to point out some of the underlying reasons behind opposition to Common Core standards —
and why we should also be unafraid to call out failed
policies and practices that condemn 120 children an hour to poverty
and prison.
The
Education Practice Group advocates for appropriate
and meaningful educational opportunities for children in poverty, including a focus on discipline cases
and disrupting the school to
prison pipeline, particularly for African American
and Latino youth who are disproportionately impacted by these
policies.