Paul Tough Tackles How Children Succeed
For the better part of the last decade New York Times reporter Paul Tough has written about education, poverty and the obstacles to success students both in New York and across America face.
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Fighting Poverty with Education in Harlem
Geoffrey Canada, the founder of Harlem Children’s Zone, brings all of his resources and services to an impoverished community and attempts to reverse a vicious cycle of kids dropping out of school and going to jail.
Read MoreThe Kids Aren’t All Right, But Geoffrey Canada Is Working On It
In “Whatever It Takes,” Paul Tough follows Geoffrey Canada for almost five years as he attempts to figure out how to reduce the disparity between low-income and middle-class children.
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