“There are a lot of teachable moments,” says Mary O’Mara, director of Five Keys Charter School in San Francisco. Launched in September 2003, Five Keys is the first—and, at this point, only—charter school inside a prison. The school’s name is used to remind students of the importance of education, employment, family, community and recovery. Five Keys is designed to catch its… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesThis school is NOT the only school inside of a jail. I worked for 4 years as a teacher at Benjamin Carson Academy, which is a charter school that is housed inside of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility. I am sure that there are probably others as well.
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