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Janice Chamberlin is a speaker and the author of "Locked Up With Success: A Prison Teacher's Guide to Closing the Achievement Gap in Any Classroom." She has been an educator in public and private schools, a case manager for Child Welfare, and a businesswoman. Her undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Indiana University, and her All Building Administrator License was completed at Indiana Wesleyan University. She feels her most successful and fulfilling work thus far has been as a teacher of adult male inmates. Janice further believes her experiences in the prison setting are an untapped resource for all teachers who wish to close the achievement gap. Ms. Chamberlin lives in Michigan City, Indiana. She is rich in friends and family, especially her four grandchildren.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 7, 2011 Prisons: Do They Hold the Answer to Public Education?
Prison teachers have methods and successes that could improve all schools. They are an untapped resource in the quest for excellent education in the United States.