- The University of Utah received $8 million to establish the Prison Education Action Research Lab (PEARL).
- PEARL will advance educational justice for incarcerated communities through research and leadership.
- The initiative aims to improve educational opportunities and influence policies for incarcerated students.
SALT LAKE CITY — A team of researchers at the University of Utah was awarded $8 million to launch the nation’s first center dedicated solely to prison education research and leadership.
“It’s huge. I’m not sure it’s completely sunk in yet,” said Erin Castro, co-founder of the Utah Prison Education Project and associate professor of educational leadership and policy at the U.
Castro and her team will use the $8 million awarded by the Ascendium Education Group to establish the Prison Education Action Research Lab (PEARL) to advance educational justice for people and communities impacted by incarceration…