Socialist takeover of Education/Closing the Achievement Gap in Harlem

March 14, 2010
By CMAC

The White House wants to replicate the Harlem Children Zone nationwide. Not easy.         Geoffrey Canada can barely get a word in. He is surrounded by fourth graders from Harlem, all clamoring to speak. Atypically among their peers, they don’t want to talk hip-hop or basketball: They want to discuss exam scores. Last spring they took their first state standardized test. All scored above the New York City average in reading and well above the state average in math. They are living proof his experiment is working.

Canada, 58, believes that just providing a decent classroom experience isn’t enough to teach disadvantaged kids. So he starts in the womb: His organization, the Harlem Children Zone, offers free prenatal care to pregnant women and follows their children from birth to college, providing free health and dental care, afterschool programs and tutoring along the way.


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