E-mail a friendSeptember 26, 2008
Geoff Canada, CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, describes his anti-poverty program, and The New York Times Magazine's Paul Tough explains why the program inspired his book, Whatever It Takes.
Geoff Canada, Paul Tough
Geoff Canada, Paul Tough
Harlem Children's Zone CEO and journalist-author tackle the issues of the roles of parents and teachers in the lives of inner-city students. (4:12)
Full interview. (23:29)
Geoffrey Canada went from the tough South Bronx streets to earning his master's from Harvard to becoming a visionary on parenting and children's issues. He runs the Harlem Children's Zone, which has been lauded as a bold anti-poverty effort. Paul Tough writes for The New York Times. He was previously editor at Harper's and producer of NPR's This American Life. One of America's foremost writers on poverty, education and the achievement gap, Tough chronicles Canada's pioneering social experiment in his book, Whatever It Takes.
