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Solutions for educators, officers, organizational leaders, and aspiring leaders in criminal justice, corrections, correctional education, and alternative education settings.
Innovative Solutions
The foremost expert in education and programming for incarcerated students and care for the staff who serve them, Dr. Amy Lopez leads a dynamic team to provide innovative and effective solutions for criminal justice professionals, correctional facilities, agencies, and educators working in alternative settings.
Providing synergy
Past the Edges Consulting is a partner in any endeavor you want to undertake: inmate/student educational services, programming, and lesson content, staff training and professional development provision and content, and research projects. Whether you’re operating in a correctional environment or an educational alternative setting, our experience and expertise become yours.
In-person and remote options
We can come to you and provide on-site services or we’re happy to work with you virtually. Our team does whatever serves you best.
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Sounding Board & Thought Partner
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Speaking, Teaching, & Instructing
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University & Correctional Partnerships
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Courses
Coming soon! Our on-line academy of self-paced courses.
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Free Stuff
Check out our library of resources, our blog Sunday Morning Coffee, and coming soon our podcast.
Correctional Education as an alternative school…"That idea is spreading through the corridors at the Facility, slipping past security checkpoints and into cells where incarcerated residents watch Khan Academy videos and craft their resumes. It’s a big shift from just a few years ago, when inmates say they passed long days with little to do but play cards and pick fights.
That was before Amy Lopez showed up. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. Every single person I talk to—staff members or incarcerated students—will say it was a game-changer when she arrived.'“
In DC, Teachers Run the Jail. It’s Turning Inmates Into Students.