About the Blog

I shall post videos, graphs, news stories, and other material. We shall use some of this material in class, and you may review the rest at your convenience. I encourage you to use the blog in these ways:

--To post questions or comments about the readings before we discuss them in class;
--To follow up on class discussions with additional comments or questions.
--To post relevant news items or videos.

There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Harlem Children's Zone Presentation

National Outlook
  • On average, African-American and Hispanic students score lower in math and reading tests than their grade average
  • This achievement gap has adverse social consequences
What is the HCZ
  • System of free charter schools as well as community and family support services that aim to break the cycle of generational poverty in its 97 block Harlem Zone

How Does it Work

  • Support from birth through college
  • After school programs
  • Community support
  • Health and Nutritional Services
  • Less restrictions and bureaucracies
Wider Application
  • In 2010, 21 communities received grants from the Obama administration to create neighborhood networks following the HCZ model
Potential Critics to Increased National Implementation
  • Conservatives and Unions
Impediments to National Success
  • Cost and Funding
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)