Daphne,

We need a specialist in prisons for this discussion--anyone on the list?

Andrea

On Nov 28, 2006, at 2:55 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> On the Focus on Basics list, Julie McKinney, the list moderator posted 

> another article which may be of interest to some of you:

> What are the Economic Effects of Earning a GED in Prison?

> http://www.ncsall.net/?id=822

> In case you don't feel like reading the whole article, the aspect that 

> I think is of interest to this listserv is that the study looked at 

> the differences of the economic impact of earning a GED while in 

> prison, between white and nonwhite ex-offenders: “Among racial and 

> ethnic minority offenders * primarily African Americans with a smaller 

> number of Hispanics * we found about a 20 percent increase in the 

> earnings among GED holders relative to non-GED holders in the first 

> post-release year. This effect declined in the second year and by the 

> third year it fell away to basically zero,” explains Tyler. “We found 

> that, for white offenders, there was no difference in the post-release 

> earnings or employment for individuals who got a GED versus those who 

> did not.”

>

> Any thoughts/reactions?

> Daphne

>

>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Assistant Professor

> Educational Psych. & Special Ed.

> Georgia State University

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>

> Daphne Greenberg

> Associate Director

> Center for the Study of Adult Literacy

> Georgia State University

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> Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977

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> dgreenberg at gsu.edu

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