Paul Tough does a tremendous job of writing a riveting story about the Harlem Children’s Zone. Geoffrey Canada, the founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone, faced a massive challenge on how to deal with the poverty issue that was spread across all of Harlem, affecting over 13,000 children. He does so by creating a “conveyor system” of a school where before even children are born their parents are put into baby college. Baby college is where young mothers and fathers and taught about their baby and how to be successful parents. Then the baby moves on the early childhood education which is very respected since the pre-kindergarten parts of children’s lives are so influential. Then students move on the the Promise Academy middle school and High school. Promise…show more content… But Canada had come to believe that it was not only the best way to solve the relentless problem of poverty in America; it was the only way.” (19-20)
Because of the conveyor system, students were being assisted every step of their lives to achieve success. This can be, in return, related to Milwaukee Public School. Since MPS has similar qualities to the Harlem area, such as, struggles with poverty, it is appropriate to model after Canada’s Harlem Children's Zone process. One thing MPS can look to Harlem Children’s Zone in order to help the achievement rates is to focus on students at an early age. By starting as young as birth, it helps monitor children’s progress. The beginning stages of childhood are so influential for how the rest of their lives turn out which is why the baby college and the three- year old program for Harlem Children Zone works so well. MPS could benefit from this early intervention system
