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By Kelly Mori, Staff Writer 8:20 PM Thursday, October 22, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine editor, will address the issues of poverty, education and the achievement gap, during a special presentation, 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Springfield High School.

Sponsored in part by Wittenberg University’s Institute for Education Innovation, the event will include the results of Tough’s research into Geoffrey Canada’s Harlem Children’s Zone project — the subject of his book “Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest To Change Harlem and America.”

Referencing the Harlem model, Tough will address how a child’s ability to achieve is affected by persistent, generational poverty and how parents, teachers and schools working together in the promise neighborhood model, have succeeded to address the affects of poverty, not for just a few kids but for whole populations and communities. He’ll present illustrations of those success stories and how they can be duplicated on a local level.

The Harlem Zone effort has worked because Geoffrey Canada acknowledges that many current approaches to generational poverty help some children but still leave many needy children behind, said Robert Welker, director of the Institute for Education Innovation. “He actually does believe that children in our communities growing up poor are ‘our’ children and our collective responsibility.”

From that perspective “it is easy to see why only the best is acceptable for these sons and daughters in our care,” he said.

The event “Building a Culture that Supports Student Achievement for Students Who Come from Poverty: Lessons Learned from the Harlem Children’s Zone,” is free and open to the public.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0347 or kmori@coxohio.com.

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This would be a good time for all us 9/12vers to pay him a little visit!! Ask real questions and see how he slims his way out of them!

Becky
2:41 PM, 10/23/2009

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What they've learned that helps inner city children would also help all children as it is not only the poverty stricken who face social problems today. It's better to learn solutions before facing foreclosures, joblessness, and resulting poverty before it's passed on regardless of where people think they stand "today"...things change.

NewWorld
10:46 AM, 10/23/2009

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I can sum up what he'll say:

Throw more money at the problem! Middle-class, give more of your hard-earned money over to deadbeat parents and students who refuse to better themselves. You must help your comrades...er..your *neighbors* raise their kids.

sameoldsonganddance
9:22 AM, 10/23/2009

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I actually do business with NYT, not by choice. I'm now convinced they have lost most of their integrity and capability.

Rag
5:54 AM, 10/23/2009

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Bill,

Paul Tough is speaking about problems that are now occurring in every city, including Springfield. Solutions to issues like these would help save urban children from being incarcerated adults.

Clark Co Resident
12:01 AM, 10/23/2009

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