Please include transition programs for ex-offenders who studied in
jail/prison and need to connect to educational opportunities in the
community. We run the Londer Learning Center, an adult ABE/ESOL/GED
program,  as part of the community corrections department in Portland,
Oregon, so we're able to provide transitional educational services. With
the help of probation and parole officers, courts, local judges and
treatment centers, we're able to encourage ex-offenders to attend
school. Too many ex-offenders leave prison and are faced with immediate
housing and employment needs, and have no easy access to complete their
studies. Access to educational services becomes a way to reduce
recidivism...
Thanks for the great discussions!
Carole Scholl
Manager, Londer Learning Center
Multnomah County Dept. of Community Justice
Portland, Oregon


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	I too would like to see a discussion on correctional education.
It is absolutely the greatest investment return in all of adult
education. Several panelists might be John Linton, former correctional
educator and now Director of Correctional Education for the U.S.
Department of Education, Bill Muth, former Director of Education for the
Federal Bureau of Prisons and currently a professor of correctional
education at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Steve Steurer, former
correctional educator and now Executive Director of the Correctional
Education Association.

Carolyn Buser, Ph.D.
Correctional Education Liaison
Division of Adult Education and Literacy
United States Department of Education
202-245-6697
carolyn.buser at ed.gov

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I teach GED in a prison in Norco, California. Would love a discussion on
correctional education.Cheryl Gentry
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Greetings - if there is an interest in corrections education, I have
suggested two potential "panelists" to David who have recently completed
doctoral dissertations that involved interviews with incarcerated
individuals. While not focused specifically on literacy - their research
does give voice to the views of students from whom we do not hear often
if at all (i.e. actually incarcerated individuals). One paper focused on
perceptions about corrections education, and the other about K-12
experiences of drop-outs who are now incarcerated
----------- each with a view to informing current educators about
potential efforts to deter current students from such future ends.

Cheers

Jim Killacky

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Colleagues,

The Special Topics discussion list has had several discussions since
May, 2006,  and they are listed below. We have plans for two more
discussions through September, not including this one that begins today.

This week, we would like to hear your ideas for the Special Topics List.
To start off, here are seven questions, not in any particular order. You
can answer one, several or all of them.

1. What topics would you like to suggest we discuss here?
2. What guests -- or kinds of guests -- would you like to see invited?

3. Based on what you have seen so far, what would you like to see
emphasized in the future? 4. What discussions have we had that you think
deserve follow-up, and what areas do we need to probe in more depth? 5.
Consider the Special Topics discussion list as part of your professional
development. How could the content of the discussions better meet your
needs as a teacher, tutor, state or program level administrator,
counselor, curriculum or professional developer, researcher or graduate
student? 6. What topics aren't covered by other discussion lists that
might be addressed on the Special Topics list? 7. What would you like to
be different on the Special Topics list?

Discussions Held to Date

    * The Adult Reading Components Study
    * Persistence
    * Formative Assessment
    * Corrections Family Literacy and Transition to the Community
    * What Works for Adult ESL Students
    * Community Literacy
    * GED Earnings Outcomes

Discussions Planned for August and September

    * Subscribers' Ideas for Special Topics : August 20 -24 (this
discussion)
    * What International Literacy Programs offer Programs in the U.S.:
September 7 -14
    * Components of Numeracy: September 17 -21


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