Building Capacity for Urban Education Reform in Promise Neighborhoods
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چکیده
n t h e l e a d-u p to the presidential election, then-presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama outlined a comprehensive place-based agenda he would, if elected, pursue to improve the lives of low-income residents in urban neighborhoods across the country. In that speech, delivered in July 2007, Senator Obama proposed to infuse poor neighborhoods with a mix of maternal and early childhood family services, expand employment opportunities , provide incentives for businesses to return to the inner city, and increase affordable housing options for low-income families. The final component in this five-pronged agenda would be an initiative referred to as Promise Neighborhoods, which would be patterned after the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ).
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