September 15, 2008
Fresh Air (from WHYY)
Geoffrey Canada: 'Whatever It Takes' To Teach Kids
interview by Terry Gross
The Harlem Children's Zone, writes New York Times reporter Paul Tough, is "the first and so far the only organization in the country that pulls together ... integrated social and educational services for thousands of children" — all under one umbrella, all in one place, all at one time.
It's the brainchild of education and social-services reformer Geoffrey Canada, and it's nothing less than an audacious poverty-eradication effort that, as Publishers Weekly explains, is "predicated upon changing everything ..."
listen to the interview
Fresh Air (from WHYY)
Geoffrey Canada: 'Whatever It Takes' To Teach Kids
interview by Terry Gross
The Harlem Children's Zone, writes New York Times reporter Paul Tough, is "the first and so far the only organization in the country that pulls together ... integrated social and educational services for thousands of children" — all under one umbrella, all in one place, all at one time.
It's the brainchild of education and social-services reformer Geoffrey Canada, and it's nothing less than an audacious poverty-eradication effort that, as Publishers Weekly explains, is "predicated upon changing everything ..."
listen to the interview
