Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large devotes today’s column to the Harlem Children’s Zone and Whatever It Takes:
In the Harlem Children’s Zone, kids excel in school no matter how poor their homes.
In his book “Whatever it Takes,” Paul Tough writes about the zone and its creator, Geoffrey Canada, who created a formula that promises to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and transform education. …
Canada’s work removes any excuses we’ve used for not getting it right. It gives us reason to put away despair and take up hope.
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