The Educational Justice Institute at MIT

📣 Join us at the upcoming TUPIT-MyTERN Symposium: Higher Education as Restorative Justice on Monday, March 31, 4:00-8:00 PM!

#UnlockDay #Edovo 🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓🔓
Proud to join Unlock Day. Every 🔓 shared = a day of free education for someone incarcerated. Unlock life-changing education for a million more incarcerated people. Learn more at @EdovoFoundation.

On #NationalUnlockDay, TEJI stands with @Edovo to unlock education for all who are incarcerated. Every 🔓 posted helps cover the cost of a day of learning for someone in prison. Join us at unlockday.org to learn more and make a difference. 🔓 #UnlockDay

New England Board of Higher Education @TEJI_MIT just released a report with many good recommendations about addressing challenges for college-in-prison programs: nebhe.org/info/pdf/commi…

Tune into today's Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium meeting at 10am ET. Representatives from the Vera Institute of Justice will be presenting on #PELLgrant restoration. Tune in here at 10am ET: lnkd.in/ebQE_mcA

Need #giftideas for the social activist in your life? Give the gift of #highereducation education to an incarcerated person through TEJI. Dedicate a gift in their name: buff.ly/3OK3Vij #GivingTuesday

TEJI has impacted the lives of 800+ incarcerated students and 400+ @MIT students. With your help this #GivingTuesday, we can reach more students and transform higher education in prison. buff.ly/3OK3Vij

Congratulations to the @MCC_Corrections Debate Team on their historic win against the @MIT Debate Team. If you missed it, you can read the recap from @SusanSharon1 for @MainePublic 🎓 mainepublic.org/courts-and-cri…

The @NECouncil posted coverage of @nebhe & @TEJI_MIT's Commission on the Future of Higher Education Behind Bars, which their CEO, Jim Brett, plans on joining! newenglandcouncil.com/news-article/n…

@washingtonpost We believe higher education in prison will transform the quality of life and future prospects of incarcerated people. Thank you for sharing our story 🎓

A new program, called Brave Behind Bars, brings computer science education to a D.C. jail. wapo.st/3RBmvKe

@ELaserDavies Thank you for the feature @ELaserDavies!

A 57 yo, who said he had not touched a computer in decades, learned how to code in HTML. Another man, found guilty of murder, said he felt pride again. A look at opportunity behind bars: *deleted an earlier version of this tweet due to a factual error washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/…

New England Board of Higher Education #NEBHE and The Educational Justice Institute (TEJI) at MIT @TEJI_MIT announce launch of the New England Commission on the Future of Higher Education Behind Bars to study #prisoneducation #collegebehindbars conta.cc/3Rc97My

🚨 Big news: Announcing the New England Commission on the Future of Higher Education Behind Bars. We're so excited to announce this work with @nebhe, @ConnecticutDOC @MECorrections, @MACorrections @NHDOC @VTCORRECTIONS, @RhodeIslandDOC and @AscendiumEP 🎓 teji.mit.edu/news/a9o4u6ufw…

And check out their first Learning Festival with @Mass_DYS. Students learned to make #solarcells out of berry juice!☀️mitspokes.com/post/our-first…

This summer, 7 MIT students will embark on a cross-country bike trip to help re-think #STEM education. Learn about their mission to sweat for STEM: mitspokes.com 💦🚲

The Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium meeting this Friday will feature candid, engaging reflections from formerly incarcerated students in the BU Prison Education Program. Make sure to sign up today to join us. mit.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The next Massachusetts Prison Education Consortium meeting will take place on Friday, May 14th. Take a moment to register today. bit.ly/3xfJFvN

We are looking forward to our volunteer information fair tonight and excited to share all of the interesting projects we have going on. Make sure to sign up and join us at 5:30! mit.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join us next Monday from 5:30 - 6:30 for our volunteer information session. This is a great opportunity to learn about the work TEJI is currently involved in and the exciting plans for the future of the program. RSVP now at tinyurl.com/tejivol #PrisonEducation