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My Education Hero Geoffrey Canada

My Education Hero Geoffrey Canada. Who is he?. He is an American Socialist, activist and educator He believes in quality education for all students, no matter their social background. He has based his career to work with inner city children He is the president of the Harlem Children's zone.

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My Education Hero Geoffrey Canada

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  1. My Education Hero Geoffrey Canada

  2. Who is he? • He is an American Socialist, activist and educator • He believes in quality education for all students, no matter their social background. • He has based his career to work with inner city children • He is the president of the Harlem Children's zone

  3. His background • He was born in the South Bronx. • He was raised by a single mother • He grew up in a really rough neighbourhood that had gang violence and drugs, he understood his true meaning in life at an early age. • His mother sent him to live with her parents in his mid-teens to protect him from that environment.

  4. His Education • Geoffrey Canada was a strong believe in education for all from a young age, not just education but quality education. • He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychologyandsociology  from Bowdoin College. • A  Master's degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. • Canada has honorary degrees from University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College and Princeton University.

  5. Harlem Children's Zone • In 1990, HCZ ran a pilot project that brought a range of support services to a single block. The idea was to address all the problems that poor families were facing: from crumbling apartments to failing schools, from violent crime to chronic health problems. • In 1997, the agency was working with a 24 block area. • In 2007, the Zone Project grew to almost 100 blocks. Today the Children's Zone serves more than 8,000 children and 6,000 adults. • Overall, the organization serves more than 10,000 children and more than 7,400 adults..

  6. Their Objective • The goal is to create a "tipping point" in the neighborhood so that children are surrounded by an enriching environment of college-oriented peers and supportive adults, a counterweight to "the street“. • The HCZ pipeline begins with The Baby College, a series of workshops for parents of children ages 0-3. The pipeline goes on to include best-practice programs for children of every age through college. The network  includes in-school, after-school, social-service, health and community-building programs. The pipeline has, in fact, dual pathways: on one track, the children go through our Promise Academy charter schools; while on the other track, we work to support the public schools in the Zone, both during the school day with in-class assistants and with afterschool programs. •  President Barack Obama has called for the creation of "Promise Neighborhoods" across the country based on the comprehensive, data-driven approach of the HCZ Project.

  7. Time Magazine • Geoffrey Canada is an extraordinary innovator and one of my heroes. He has shown time and again that education is the surest path out of poverty. The Harlem Children's Zone Project, which he founded, provides a cradle-to-career continuum of high-quality neighborhood schools and support services for disadvantaged children. It's based on the simple idea that you cannot divorce where kids live from where they learn — and it's the template for President Obama's Promise Neighborhoods program. • When Canada, 59, started HCZ Project 14 years ago, it was a one-block pilot program. Today it covers 100 city blocks and serves 8,000 kids, providing not just a good education but also early-childhood programs, after-school services and guidance to help parents play a key role in their kids' learning. Every day, Canada is driven by a deep belief that all children can succeed, regardless of race, wealth or ZIP code.(Time 2011)

  8. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca9rd4aA_t0&playnext=1&list=PL96A3F6B4BDE9D26A&feature=results_main&noredirect=1 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7SYwR4yuv3A#!

  9. My inspiration • There are very many reasons why Geoffrey Canada inspires me. • He did not come from wealth. He came from the same place these students are and his goal is to help them achieve success in the same way he did. • He did not have to go back and work with inner city children. He had a Harvard degree but also realized where it was needed most. • In a community where higher level education is not highly respected, he has made it his duty to make it respected. • He is a representation that small steps go a long way. He started small but has become much bigger and eventually his mandate might become a national system. • I like the fact that his last name is Canada as well. 

  10. Reference Links • http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066100,00.html • http://www.hcz.org/hcz-home.php

  11. This can be used with any grade, it would be simpler for the early years. • With middle and senior years, instead of doing a research paper, they can create something like this instead. • It can also be used to learn Math and science theories. The students can demonstrate their understanding.

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