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Promise Neighborhood News

Paul Tough — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:04:20 +0000

More news stories about communities around the country using the example of the Harlem Children’s Zone to develop new strategies to help poor children succeed. In the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, an article about a new nonprofit working to rebuild that city’s Lindsay Heights neighborhood. From North Minneapolis comes news about the Northside Achievement Zone. There are two big initiatives in New Jersey, one in Newark, and one in Camden.

And from Athens, Georgia, a report on the Whatever It Takes initiative:

The name “Whatever It Takes” was taken from the title of a book by Paul Tough, an account of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a large-scale social service project that inundates children in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood with educational and health services aimed at turning them into college graduates. Following the Obama Administration’s announcement of the Promise Neighborhood grant in April, the U.S. Department of Education stated that the program would be based in part on the Harlem Children’s Zone model. Even so, Earnest and Johnson say that WIT is not intended to be a replication of that project.

Here’s a video from Athens, introduced by Michael Stipe:

Canada Returns to Colbert

Paul Tough — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:43:56 +0000

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Reverse Racism – Geoffrey Canada

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Geoffrey Canada was Stephen Colbert’s guest on the Colbert Report on Monday, talking about reverse racism and President Obama’s recent speech to the NAACP Centennial.

Chattanooga TV report

Paul Tough — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:11:13 +0000

Chattanooga’s CBS affiliate, WDEF, covered the Ochs Center’s public policy forum on early education. The video is here.

Maine TV

Paul Tough — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:28:05 +0000

From the NBC affiliate in Portland, a report on this week’s Child Welfare Conference at the University of Maine, with some footage (or inch-age) of my keynote address.

CNN on Harlem Children’s Zone

Paul Tough — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:01:32 +0000

Soledad O’Brien reports for CNN on the Harlem Children’s Zone, including visits to Harlem Gems and Promise Academy, a clip from the Obama speech and cameos by Darryl Reeves and Darryl Reeves Jr., both of whom were featured in the Baby College chapter of Whatever It Takes.

Education Writers Conference Video

Paul Tough — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:18:55 +0000

Video of my remarks at the Education Writers Conference in DC last weekend.

Felipe Calderon’s Bookshelf

Paul Tough — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:21:11 +0000

Everyone wants to know: What is Mexico’s president, Felipe Calderon, reading these days? For a clue, watch this report on Nightline, and wait until the countdown time counter gets to about -2:05.

At Columbia J-School

Paul Tough — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:33:31 +0000

At LynNell Hancock’s Covering Education Seminar at the Columbia University School of Journalism, talking about the experience of reporting at the Promise Academy middle school. Video by Maura Walz.

Education Equity Conference Video

Paul Tough — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:58:07 +0000

Now online: video of my talk in November at the Campaign for Educational Equity symposium, at Teachers College in New York City.

Obama on the Harlem Children’s Zone

Paul Tough — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:38:38 +0000

Here’s video of the speech I mentioned in today’s Times Magazine article, the speech in which Barack Obama explains his plans to replicate the Harlem Children’s Zone in 20 cities across the country. The full text of Obama’s address is here.