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Original Source LISC Chicago, ISS (now Elev8), and Harlem Children's Zone are Atlantic grantees. Posted by Lorraine Forte In Government and Policy Three Chicago neighborhoods are taking the first steps toward potential replication of the Harlem Children’s Zone, the highly-praised program that provides education and…

Harlem Children's Zone is an Atlantic grantee. by Joe Smydo John Wallace, a professor who's spent more than two years planning the Homewood Children's Village, said his proposal to provide comprehensive social services to neighborhood children could be operational within 18 months. "I think we…

'Baby College' Teaches Parents Child-Rearing Skills Original Source Click here to view the 3 minute video segment. By BILL WEIR and TRACEY MARX As the nation roils with fear of poverty and political debates over socialization and the free market, there is one man who has…

by TIMOTHY WILLIAMS Before its economic turnaround in recent years, Harlem was a case study in disinvestment. Banks were unwilling to make mortgage loans or to open branches, national chain stores could not be lured uptown, city services lagged and the neighborhood became economically isolated…

By Paul Tough.  Last month, the Senate subcommittee that allocates federal education money weighed in on one such promising innovation, slicing, by more than 90 percent, the $210 million that President Obama requested for next year for his Promise Neighborhoods initiative. Mr. Obama first proposed…

I remember covering poverty-stricken schools. Sitting in classrooms in which the teachers were disillusioned or killing time, meeting parent volunteers unable to read to the class and children who appeared rather hopeless.It's bleak.Of course, there are always a few bright spots, and journalists love to…

Original Source By DAVID BROOKSOp-Ed Columnist The fight against poverty produces great programs but disappointing results. You go visit an inner-city school, job-training program or community youth center and you meet incredible people doing wonderful things. Then you look at the results from the serious…

In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy, I thought I'd share this report  released earlier this week, which takes a crucial and comprehensive look at the 'State of Black Children and Families.'The report, a joint project by the Children's Defense Fund on behalf of the…

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Harlem Children's Zone is an Atlantic grantee. By Suzanne Perry. Harlem Children's Zone is one of the most lauded — and emulated — charities in the country. Nonprofit groups and government agencies regularly send emissaries to Harlem to study the organization's acclaimed poverty-fighting strategy, which…