Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns visits TODAY to talk about his latest documentary series, “College Behind Bars,” about men and women struggling to earn college degrees behind bars. He is joined by director Lynn Novick and Dyjuan Tatro, a former member of a prison debate… Read More
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11/13/2019
11/7/2019
New Documentary ‘College Behind Bars’ Captures The Transformative Power Of A Prison Education
There are more than two million people incarcerated in the United States. Over two-thirds of them lack a high school diploma, and less than 13% have attended college. But where nearly half of all formerly incarcerated people return to prison within three years, the students… Read More
11/7/2019
Public Libraries Are Reinventing Access to Higher Education
Across the country, libraries serve as great equalizers and safe spaces. They are institutions of change and models of equity and inclusion, allowing visitors free access to resources, irrespective of economic and social barriers. EUGENE M. TOBIN I still remember the awe and pride I felt the… Read More
11/7/2019
Patriots Players Join Filmmaker Ken Burns For Screening Of ‘College Behind Bars’
FOXBORO (CBS) — From jail time to a full-time job. The four-part documentary series “College Behind Bars” captures how difficult it is for a group of inmates in New York to earn a college degree. “We sometimes forget they’re human beings — struggling to escape… Read More
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