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On Dec. 21, 2020, Congress moved to lift the long-standing ban on federal student aid - specifically, the Pell grant - for those who are incarcerated. The decision comes after a long push for prison reforms that included calls for a greater emphasis on rehabilitation, reducing prison populations and making prison sentences less harsh.
Prison education programs have been shown to improve job prospects.
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As the director of a prison college program at The University of Baltimore, I know firsthand that providing college for people in prison will make a positive difference in their lives. It will also improve public safety and save taxpayers money.
and average tuition at public schools is up by nearly a third since the recession. the biggest increase is in arizona where tuition is up a staggering 80%. as states look to reverse the trend, this new report is a warning to elected officials they are not doing enough. michael mitchell is co-author of the report. michael, you look at some of the states that rank among the worst in higher education cuts like louisiana, kentucky even florida. many have governors or senators hoping to be the next president. so how can they talk about the importance of education with this hanging over their head? well in many of those states as you just mentioned it s really a question of priorities right? in louisiana we ve seen significant cuts to higher education funding. second largest cuts to per student funding, in fact second only behind arizona. and in wisconsin, while the cuts have been slightly more moderate in that state and the tuition increases as well relatively moderate, right now they re
this country, it s intact now barbaric behavior why unsupervised children and this is what all of this is. i think that s true. i don t know that all of it is i have made very good points in talking points, certainly unsupervise kids. did some background work and found out that some these kids didn t have good parental supervision. bill: all of them. also generational. poverty is generational. lack of certain morals and manners is generational. it happens generation after generation after generation. education has to be and i thought you and juan addressed that you need to put more money. i need we need to put more money into public education. not more money. we had the highest per capita student funding in the world now. pay teachers more. it s about the parents and condemning parents who are derelict and we don t do that in this country. now, this kid demetrius glen, for example, throw him up there. this kid, 16 years old, drops out of high school. last february. has a ra
this country, it s intact now barbaric behavior why unsupervised children and this is what all of this is. i think that s true. i don t know that all of it is i have made very good points in talking points, certainly unsupervise kids. did some background work and found out that some these kids didn t have good parental supervision. bill: all of them. also generational. poverty is generational. lack of certain morals and manners is generational. it happens generation after generation after generation. education has to be and i thought you and juan addressed that you need to put more money. i need we need to put more money into public education. not more money. we had the highest per capita student funding in the world now. pay teachers more. it s about the parents and condemning parents who are derelict and we don t do that in this country. now, this kid demetrius glen, for example, throw him up there. this kid, 16 years old, drops out of high school. last february. has a ra
a subculture created in this country, it s intact now barbaric behavior why unsupervised children and this is what all of this is. i think that s true. i don t know that all of it is i have made very good points in talking points, certainly unsupervise kids. did some background work and found out that some these kids didn t have good parental supervision. bill: all of them. also generational. poverty is generational. lack of certain morals and manners is generational. it happens generation after generation after generation. education has to be and i thought you and juan addressed that you need to put more money. i need we need to put more money into public education. not more money. we had the highest per capita student funding in the world now. pay teachers more. it s about the parents and condemning parents who are derelict and we don t do that in this country. now, this kid demetrius glen, for example, throw him up there. this kid, 16 years old, drops out of high school.