What happens when we stop seeing the charge and start seeing the student?

In this episode of Beyond the Margins, Dr. Sohn A. Butts sits down with Byron Goodwin, President and CEO of Travis Hill NOLA, an organization providing education inside juvenile and adult correctional facilities in New Orleans.

Their conversation goes beyond the walls of juvenile justice to examine what makes student engagement possible when young people are navigating incarceration, trauma, disrupted education, family instability, and experiences that have often taught them not to trust the adults or systems around them.

Mr. Goodwin shares his deeply personal connection to this work, including how his family's legacy in education and his younger brother's wrongful incarceration shaped his commitment to reaching young people before they reach what he descr ...