The name of the organization I selected is Harlem Children’s Zone. The goal for HCZ is to prevent generations of children from Harlem from being in poverty. HCZ is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive network of education, social-service and community-building programs servicing children from birth through college. The program is offered free to children and their families who need assistance to getting out of poverty. Just this week, the president and CEO, Geoffrey Canada of HCZ spoke with Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News about Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) and education reform as a part of their weeklong coverage of education discussing education, poverty and the budget. A quote I like about this organization is “whatever it takes”. When I think of this quote, I think about what extremes do I need to take for this child to succeed.
An issue/trend I will discuss is the interview with the president and CEO, Geoffrey Canada with Brian Williams. Geoffrey Canada mentioned high quality teachers being the number one ingredient as a drive source for performance in the schools. In response to this comment I agree however, tough choices are made in reference to get rid of teacher based on seniority and not based on teacher effectiveness. There is not enough money to keep teachers who are ineffective; I guess that might explain furlough days. Geoffrey Canada also mentioned how children are struggling and failing in the education setting and not providing enough support and funding in order to prevent this disaster from happening. I loved his interview because he touched so many points about the education of our children and the effects of being a teacher.
You may watch the interview by clicking msnbc.com and watch Geoffrey Canada on the education reform.
The link for the website is http://www.hcz.org/home
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