“How can Harlem Children’s Zone (HZC) get thousands of poor children to succeed academically where hundreds of programs and billions of dollars have failed?”

The Long Haul | Harvard Graduate School of Education

"At HCZ we talk about a “pipeline” of services, but it is actually two parallel pipelines: One for children who go to our K–12 charter schools; the other for children who live in the neighborhood and go to traditional public schools. Both start with our early education programs. We have outreach workers scouring the neighborhood, looking for pregnant women and parents of young children for The Baby College, a nine-week series of workshops that teach a range of parenting skills. It’s a great program, but the outreach workers use all sorts of enticements — free childcare, a weekly raffle, free diapers — to get parents in because we want all of them, the good and particularly the bad. Then we have our hooks in them — and them in our database — hopefully for the next 20 years or so."




“We’re trying to create a community where children are our permanent interest,” says Canada, “and a child who has struggled is connected to a series of adults who stay with the child over long periods of time. This idea that we’re investing in children as a team over time is central to our work.”

International Day of Families is May 15th

International Day of Families

Click on the comments by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.  Great Stuff!  We must support all policy issues that impact family well being. It is the only way early development can succeed as a respected and effective field. 

Early Learning Initiative | U.S. Department of Education

Early Learning Initiative | U.S. Department of Education

Giving Young Children the Right Start - Effective Practices for Experiential Learning: LIVE from Washington

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