Unlocking Potential: Organizing a School Inside a Prison

Examine urban education from a perspective that is under-represented in national debates, namely incarcerated students.

Throughout the United States, especially in the poor neighborhoods of large cities, too many public schools are failing to reach, teach, and engage thousands of struggling youths. Poor educational backgrounds, reluctance to be in the school environment, and socioeconomic pressures lead to failure in the school environment. As a result of these failures, thousands of school...