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$20M gift from Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs partners are making a $20 million contribution toward the construction of a new school building for the HCZ Promise Academy I charter school. Read the NY Times story.

Read the press release.

NY Times on grassroots ed reform movement

NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman cites HCZ and upcoming documentary "Waiting for Superman" in growing call for education reform. Read here.

Daily News: Sociologist discusses effects of poverty on education

In the Daily News NYU sociologist Pedro Noguera discusses the ongoing debate on how to teach poor children. Read here.

NY Times op-ed: Fund innovation

Author Paul Tough urges the federal government to fund innovative methods such as Promise Neighborhoods to close the achievement gap. Read here.
 
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