Learning from the Harlem Children’s Zone
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Harlem Children’s Zone is America’s most ambitious and closely watched effort to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. HCZ aims to create a “conveyor belt” for Harlem’s poor children, a series of rich and effective supports-from a “Baby College” for parents, to an all-day pre-kindergarten and extended-day charter schools, to health clinics and community centers, [...]