ERIC Number: ED613140
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Jun
Pages: 69
Abstractor: ERIC
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Reentry Education Model Implementation Study: Promoting Reentry Success through Continuity of Educational Opportunities
Erisman, Wendy
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) released its Reentry Education Model, an evidence-based effort "to bridge the gap between prison and community-based education and training programs." The model focuses on establishing a strong program infrastructure, strengthening and aligning correctional and reentry education services, and integrating education into the correctional system. Three demonstration projects -- two education providers working with county jails and another working with state prisons -- were selected through a competitive process and received grant funding to help implement the model beginning in March 2013. This report uses observations from the first full year of the Promoting Reentry Success Through Continuity of Educational Opportunities (PRSCEO) demonstration projects to tell the story of each site's implementation of the Reentry Education Model and to look across the three sites to identify the model's strengths and limitations. Following brief descriptions of the three demonstration projects, the report examines target audiences for the model, identifying key differences noted at the demonstration site working with state prisons versus the two working with county jails. Using the structure of the original model, the report then addresses the experiences of the demonstration sites under the broad categories of program infrastructure, education services, and intake and prerelease processes. Within each section, a discussion ensues about the ways in which the model can be revised to reflect the lessons learned at each of the PRSCEO demonstration sites during implementation of their projects.
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Community Education, Adult Education, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education, Education Service Centers, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Program Design, Partnerships in Education, Career Pathways, Student Recruitment, School Holding Power, Evidence Based Practice, Transitional Programs, Correctional Institutions
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education. Tel: 877-433-7827; e-mail: edpubs@edpubs.ed.gov; Web site: www2.ed.gov/ovae
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education; Postsecondary Education; Higher Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of Education (ED), Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE); RTI International
Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania; Wisconsin; Kansas
Grant or Contract Numbers: GS10F0348U/EDVAE1000102
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