The Education of Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities Ep.14
Claire Blumenson of the School Justice Project explains the educational rights of incarcerated youth with disabilities and the obstacles they face.
The School Justice Project (SJP) champions an extremely vulnerable population: incarcerated youth with disabilities. The SJP’s mission is to ensure every learner, in or out of prison facilities, receives the education they were promised and deserve.
The School Justice Project (SJP) champions an extremely vulnerable population: incarcerated youth with disabilities. The SJP’s mission is to ensure every learner, in or out of prison facilities, receives the education they were promised and deserve. Their current class action lawsuit against the DC prison system underscores the impact of their efforts. Featured guest, Claire Blumenson, pulls no punches as she forces us to look, and not to look away, in this pivotal moment.
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Academic Officer, Fullmind
Hayley Spira-Bauer hosts the Learning Can't Wait podcast and is chief operating officer at Fullmind. A former New York City teacher in the South Bronx, Spira-Bauer co-founded and led instructional innovation at a Harlem public school. In 2022 Spira-Bauer spoke at EdTech Week, then as iTutor's Chief Academic Officer, on whether edtech makes learning accessible.
Claire Blumenson is a co-founder of the School Justice Project, a Washington, D.C. group that works for incarcerated youth with disabilities. An Echoing Green fellow profile describes Blumenson as a University of Virginia School of Law graduate and former Teach for America teacher who began as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Public Defender Service for D.C. In this 2022 Learning Can't Wait episode, Blumenson discussed the education of incarcerated youth with disabilities.
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