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Listen to the Harlem Children’s Zone!
The Harlem Children’s Zone sent out this terrific email to its supporters today, asking them to tell the Senate to ensure full funding for the Promise Neighborhoods program: This summer over 340...
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Full Promise Neighborhood Applicant List is HERE!
The list of the 339 Promise Neighborhoods planning grant applicants has finally been released. See if your community is in the mix (full list below the jump). And check out this terrific map the Dept...
View ArticleLAST CHANCE to Help Promise Neighborhoods
Tomorrow, a Senate subcommittee will vote to determine the future of the Promise Neighborhoods program. Today, your voice is more crucial than ever. Sen. Tom Harkin – the chairman of that key...
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HCZ Gets Some Backup
Photo Courtesy of Coalition for Community Schools Flickr feed Last week, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink blog posted a terrific Geoffrey Canada critique of a new Brookings report...
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Promise Neighborhoods in Rural America
While the Promise Neighborhoods program is based on the lessons learned by the Harlem Children’s Zone — in the heart of America’s most urban city — the program itself has focused on helping rural and...
View ArticleMapping the Promise Neighborhoods Movement
The Promise Neighborhoods movement can be seen nowhere more clearly than on this map. Look at the breadth and depth of the engagement, the interest, the passion. All told, 339 communities applied for a...
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NYT op-ed: Invest in Promise Neighborhoods
Students study science at the Harlem Children's Zone (photo via The Musiq Report) A truly amazing and visionary op-ed in the New York Times today by Paul Tough, a former NYT Magazine reporter and...
View ArticleNY Daily News op-ed: “The Truth About Our Schools.”
Geoff Canada, CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, has an excellent op-ed in today’s New York Daily News that’s definitely a must-read. Here’s a quick excerpt from the piece: The heartrending stories in...
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Why Promise Neighborhoods are Keeping Score
All across the country, we are seeing examples of communities working hard to improve conditions for their children. From Detroit to Brooklyn to Hayward, California, they’re building Promise...
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