Pop Culture Classroom Goes to Jail

OK, that head line probably sounds pretty misleading, but I am going somewhere with it. Pop Culture Classroom (PCC) has a goal to help young at risk adults with their literacy and art skills. And what group is more at risk then those that are already in jail? Well thanks to a $26,000 grant that was awarded last week to the Denver-based nonprofit PCC Denver jail inmates 18 to 24 will get to take a six-week course called LEAD With Comics this February. LEAD stands for Literacy Education in Adult Detention. PCC will be working with a special education teacher from Denver Public Schools to help make this a great experience.

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