Sunday, September 12, 2010

Read through a pile of novels or go to jail?

Just stumbled across this program... inspiring!
http://cltl.umassd.edu/home-flash.cfm

Convicts in MA may participate in a literacy program as an alternative to being sentenced. They are required to read and discuss a range of novels... leading to a deeper and more effective awareness gain, it seems:

The numbers show that participant go back to criminal behavior at a drastically reduced rate.

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