Monthly Archives May 2019

The end of the pipeline. Seattle teachers go to prison to get schooled.

Original story posted at: https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-other-end-of-the-pipeline-teachers-go-to-prison-to-get-schooled APR 18, 2019 at 5:33 PM Every month, a new group of Seattle educators sit down with khaki-clad inmates in a fluorescent-lit, windowless room at the Monroe Correctional Complex. It’s an effort to address the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” by meeting face-to-face at its terminus. On a recent Friday evening, the group included teachers-in-training from the Seattle Teacher Residency, who have committed to working in low-income schools for five years upon getting their master’s degrees. The inmates are members of the Black Prisoners Caucus, an organization focused on social justice inside and outside of prison. After introductions and
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