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Expanded partnership to bring literacy to inmates
By kvnonews.com - Lindsey Peterson
Published: 10/18/2012

October 17th, 2012

Omaha, NE- An expanded partnership welcomed Douglas County inmates this week to help bring them to functional literacy as well as put them on the path to further education. Listen Now

Last Friday, teacher Jean McBride prepared papers and lesson plans for her new students scheduled to attend her newest class starting this Monday.

“If I walk into a fast food restaurant ten years from now and I see one of my students, I will take that as a personal failure,” she said.

“I really want to see our students functioning at a higher level in society.”

McBride has a reserved enthusiasm. As a teacher within the Douglas County Department of Corrections, McBride has seen redemption along with heartbreak among her students.

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