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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Children%27s_Zone

emily
(3:50 PM) I read something interesting about education the other day
(3:50 PM) it was about a comprehensive program in Harlem that provided for mothers and their children from birth until they entered the education system
(3:50 PM) instead of focusing on what happened in the education system itself
wendy
(3:50 PM) where did you read that? i could really use that
emily
(3:51 PM) uh someone linked the study on PA
(3:51 PM) lemme find it
(3:52 PM) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Children%27s_Zone
(3:52 PM) that's the program
(3:52 PM) I don't know where the study of its success would be though
(3:53 PM) but it was a study that said the series of workshops for parents + the pre-k program was the most significant predictor of future educational success than any other educational initiative in the country
wendy
(3:53 PM) this will give me a starting point
emily
(3:53 PM) and that conclusively we should be focusing on those early years
(3:53 PM) and not just grades 1-12
wendy
(3:54 PM) that's already a really important part of my argument but i need to develop it as much as possible
(3:54 PM) because proving that out-of-school factors are more important than in-school factors as a predictor of educational success
emily
(3:54 PM)
(3:54 PM) yeah that's the key
wendy
(3:55 PM) is a key step towards breaking the myth that "education is the great equalizer" and that you dont need to help poor people
(3:55 PM) just give them shitty schools and blame them when they fail

(3:56 PM) I was reading a study too about how the prognosis for schizophrenia was significantly better in the developing world than the developed
(3:56 PM) despite the lack of access to medication
(3:57 PM) on the basis that people with that level of impairment in the developing world are not forced into a role of independence they can't fit